Exploring the islands

This weekend we went exploring near the north end of Okinawa and we got gas for the first time in Japan...the attendant had to come out and tell us what kind of gas to put it. Luckily for us, he spoke a bit of english. We need to look into these Japanese classes. It would make life much easier.The second pictures is Hamahigajima (a small island that you can drive to). We found some pods in tunicates on Hamahigajima. The third picture is the view of Nakagasuka Bay from the top of the mountain near the University.


We were very excited for this morning because we were getting our internet installed at our "internet ready" apartment. Come to find out that the internet company could not install the internet because they need a key from the housing company, who is on summer holiday until Thursday. After strained English/Japanese discussion we learned that we will have to wait until Saturday to get our internet. Things can be very frustrating when everyone is so polite all the time!

Here is a video of people drumming...this happens often around the island...we're not sure what the deal is yet.