I was expecting our air B&B to not be so good. When we pulled into the driveway, I still assumed that, but outward appearances can be deceiving. After stepping on a snail and a hermit crab, our family walked inside of the house and we were all impressed. There is a living room, a kitchen bigger than ours at home and four beds including a cot. The first thing I did when I stepped foot into the house was turn on the air conditioning. Everyone was sweating enough to fill the East China sea! Exhausted, everyone crashed on their beds and fell asleep once their face hit the pillow.
Scuba diving in Okinawa is just like watching Nemo. There are a ton of clown fish like Marlin, and the bubblesdebubbles fish from the movie as well. (If you truly love Disney, you'll understand). Our family had two guides: Andrea and Pedro who both spoke English as well as a few other languages. They were really helpful and set up our equipment for us. To be honest, half of our family were a little nervous (terrified), not knowing what to expect, but once we got underwater that changed. Unlike Illinois where we froze our butts off and were practically blind, the water was really clear and warm. Andrea showed us lots of sea life, such as trigger fish, parrot fish, etc. The two dives were at the Sunabe sea wall. There was a ton of creatures, more so than the Kerama Isalnds in my opinion. We saw a couple of sea snakes there which creeped me out. Andrea also taught us how to make rings of bubbles using your fists. After these two dives, we ate at a ramen place which was amazing and we are determined to get enough punches for a free t-shirt.
When we got back to the house, Nat dragged all six of us to take an adventure with him. After waiting half an hour for the white boy to rub in sunscreen on his back, we took a stroll down the road and into a beach where we swam for 45 minutes(ish). Josh, though, left early. I guess he wasn't feel adventurous. There were a ton of different shells and not to mention a lot of hermit crabs, big ones and small ones. After we were done feeling adventurous we walked home. Then all of us including Josh, hopped in the boxy Asian van and drove to a Japanese McDonalds. It smelled like sweat, but what can you except?
The next 3 days (the next day) took place at the Kerama Islands. Now these were boat dives which required us to take a 40 minute boat ride. The boat dipped whenever it hit big waves so sitting on the front of the boat was really like an amusement park ride. I found out that I do in fact get sea sick. Andrea led us for the first dive which was pretty relaxed. for the next two dives, Pedro led us through tunnels and caverns where maintaing buoyancy was very important. While we were diving through these caverns, all I could think of was the Little Mermaid when she's singing about how she's spoiled but still wants more. While Pedro was leading we also saw a sea turtle which was probably the coolest thing we saw other than the moray eel maybe. Actually no. The sea turtle was the coolest. The eel was frightening. It's jaw slowly moved up and down.....*shiver*. Josh saw a shark which no one else in the family had seen too! Anyways. Here are some photos our guides took.
"There goes the fam"
After our dive, we went to this sushi bar where Josh actually ate raw fish. Shocker. Mom got Yakisoba, a famous noodle dish from Japan. It was an interesting experience, picking our food off of a conveyor belt type machine. Let's just say we had a lot of plates after we were finished with our meal. After dinner, our family took a short walk to a Baskin Robbins and then drove home, tired. I still feel like I'm swaying from the boat ride.
"This Danish"
That's it for this blog post I guess. Nat told me to tell you guys he's sorry he didn't post any when we were in Busan!
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