Sunday, July 15, 2012

Snorkeling in the Kerama Islands, Okinawa

This spring, Nana and I spent a wonderful weekend in Okinawa. On the first day of our trip, we took advantage of some spectacular weather for a jaunt to the Kerama Islands, off of Naha.

Simply put, this was a completely awesome day. It started with a boat ride to islands - two of my favorite things. The islands, being Japanese islands, also had mountains - another favorite thing.





We whiled the whole day away on a beach - another favorite thing - snorkeling - yet another favorite thing (which is basically like swimming in an aquarium, making it a combination of two other favorite things).



As an added bonus, the day ended with another boat ride!



The only downside: I also ended up with a wicked sundburn, of the itching, twitching, mind-melting variety. (This despite generous lashings of 50+ sunblock.) Sunburn aside, this may have been the perfect day.

On the plus side, the burn inspired me to invest (finally) in a good UV shirt. Fair-skinned folk like me simply aren't cut out for unadulterated sun.

1 comment:

  1. What, no raindrops on roses? Or whiskers on kittens?

    But even so, it sounds pretty cool :) and now you are at yet ANOTHER beach! Oh I am so jealous!

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