Okinawa

As I mentioned in the last post, Erik got a chance to go to Okinawa for business. Okinawa is the main island in the Ryukyu island chain to the far south of the main Japanese islands. It's a big domestic vacation spot for Japanese because of it's tropical setting.

While he was there he met up with our good friends from our Hawaii days, Dan and Debe Pallmann. Check out their blog. They have a few good pictures from their day together. You have to go there since Erik didn't take his camera with him.

Here are a few other pictures of his trip to Okinawa.

The approach as the plane is about to land in Naha, Okinawa. There are tons of islands like this. Probably more than tons!

This is the beach at American Village. You can see a fence separating the little bay from the bigger ocean behind. This was to keep people from straying too far into jellyfish territory. The really tan guy coming out of the water is not Erik. Neither is the really pale bald guy. Just to let you know.

This picture was taken from a good high vantage point in order to get the city and ocean in one shot. Pardon the power lines.