Monday, November 22, 2010
2006 Okinawa Trip Part 2
the first couple days began with me exploring my Aunts's house and then we visited my other Aunt & Uncle
2006 Okinawa Trip part 1
So five Years ago i had the great enjoyment of returning to Okinawa ,my birthplace for two short weeks for the 4th Worldwide Uchinanchu Festival.
I had not been back since i was in Highschool and it was a highly anticipated trip. I traveled with my Mother & the Pensacola Okinawa Kenjinkai group .
the plane trip was so long and boring i think in the many flights we switched the last one was the worst cuz it was the longest and all ihad to watch was Disney's Cars & i think a movie walled little man with one of the wayan's brothers. and 3 same episodes on a cartoon network loop.
while everyone else slept, i tried to keep busy,..but could not get comfortable.
I had not been back since i was in Highschool and it was a highly anticipated trip. I traveled with my Mother & the Pensacola Okinawa Kenjinkai group .
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| After a short flight from Pensacola, we are Waiting at the Houston airport to really start our adventure |
the plane trip was so long and boring i think in the many flights we switched the last one was the worst cuz it was the longest and all ihad to watch was Disney's Cars & i think a movie walled little man with one of the wayan's brothers. and 3 same episodes on a cartoon network loop.
while everyone else slept, i tried to keep busy,..but could not get comfortable.
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| the ladies from the Okinawa group at yet another stop before finally heading towards Japan |
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Gorgeous Views as we begin our journey to japan  i was sooo excited  sooo many clouds 18 + hours later we FINALLY Arrive in Okaska Japan! and whats the first thing i take a photo of? TOILETS! |
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| this one had a neat fold down platorm so when you change clothes, you won't get dirty and neat little buttons that make sounds so people can't hear you pee . REALLY they have buttons for that! |
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this is the Old fashioned "squatter" toilets. i hated these as a kid, they are difficult to deal with  
 And then we arrive at my Aunt & Uncles House for a Good rest and cozy cuddles from my Cousin Ako's cat June Next post is Day 1! |
Saturday, November 20, 2010
A Quick Hello
Hello! and Welcome to my Blog!
I decided to make a blog to document my adventures, nothing great, but I am planning a Trip to Okinawa Next Year in October, so i figured this would be a fun place to share my travels and other outings i enjoy with my Friends.
This Trip to Okinawa will be especially exciting because my friend April ( also 2nd generation okinawan-american) will be joining me. Okinawa Holds a Huge festival every five years ,and all okinawans from all over the world would return for a month long celebration to embrace the okinawan people and their unique culture.
sadly i have heard that this next celebration will be the last, so i hope to make it especially special with my friend, who had not been back for quite a while. i already have a whole list of things i wanna do and places i wanna go. and things i NEED to buy LOL.
i decided that i would document this trip even more than my last trip 5 years ago. and share the wonders of Okinawa
on a side note i found a wonderful documentary on Okinawa and the last celebration by James Knott : http://straycompass.com/okinawa.html , if the vids don't work there go here: http://www.youtube.com/user/AgileHProductions#p/search , search Okinawa on his page
http://www.youtube.com/user/AgileHProductions#p/search/0/B2Nej6uXN4M
i highly recomend buying the dvd. he totally captured the beauty and history of okinawa and its a pretty good travel guide for those who wish to visit.
in my next post i think i'll dig up photo's of my last trip to okinawa.
I decided to make a blog to document my adventures, nothing great, but I am planning a Trip to Okinawa Next Year in October, so i figured this would be a fun place to share my travels and other outings i enjoy with my Friends.
This Trip to Okinawa will be especially exciting because my friend April ( also 2nd generation okinawan-american) will be joining me. Okinawa Holds a Huge festival every five years ,and all okinawans from all over the world would return for a month long celebration to embrace the okinawan people and their unique culture.
sadly i have heard that this next celebration will be the last, so i hope to make it especially special with my friend, who had not been back for quite a while. i already have a whole list of things i wanna do and places i wanna go. and things i NEED to buy LOL.
i decided that i would document this trip even more than my last trip 5 years ago. and share the wonders of Okinawa
on a side note i found a wonderful documentary on Okinawa and the last celebration by James Knott : http://straycompass.com/okinawa.html , if the vids don't work there go here: http://www.youtube.com/user/AgileHProductions#p/search , search Okinawa on his page
http://www.youtube.com/user/AgileHProductions#p/search/0/B2Nej6uXN4M
i highly recomend buying the dvd. he totally captured the beauty and history of okinawa and its a pretty good travel guide for those who wish to visit.
in my next post i think i'll dig up photo's of my last trip to okinawa.
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