Happy Easter

Happy Easter '09 from Okinawa!

Birthday Weekend on Tokashiki Island

This weekend Nate and I hopped on the ferry in Naha and took the 1 hr & 10 minute ride out Tokashiki Island in the Keramas. We loaded up the Pajero and also ferried her out there too! In the picture above she is waiting to be driven on the boat!

This was taken on some of the rocks that were close to our campsite the first night. The weather was beautiful for the first day or so... and then turned a bit rainy. We camped out the first night and then found a small bed and breakfast type of hotel in the village of Aharen. We stayed at Hotel Sunflower. The staff was so friendly and very accomodating! It is also in a great location. I definately recommed that hotel for any fellow Oki dwellers that are headed to the Keramas for a getaway.

This was the sunset the first night! So beautiful! All of the small islands around made for some amazing views & pictures.

This picture is taken from the road looking down into Aharen.

This was before our first official dive outside of our class!!! It is also about 10 minutes before we saw our first sea turtle! We dove at Tokashiku Beach. The weather wasn't the greatest and the water was a bit cold... nothing that 5mm & 8mm of wetsuit couldn't handle though! We were lucky enough to have good visibility.

It was such a fun weekend and a great way to celebrate my 26th birthday!

SCUBA Certified!

Nate and I finally got our SCUBA certification. We are PADI Certified Open Water Divers! Very exciting stuff. The pictures above are from a guy in our class who took pictures while we were getting certified. There is a lion fish, an octopus and some cool coral.

We went on our first dive trip to the Keramas (islands off of Okinawa) this past weekend. We saw a ton of cool things... an eagle ray, three sea turtles, lots of sea anemones & clown fish, blow fish, sea cucumbers, trigger fish... you get the idea. We are looking for an underwater housing for our camera, so we hope to have some really cool pics to post soon!