Tuesday, June 19, 2012

The rainy season

The rainy season is definitely here.  Typhoon Guchol passed to the east of us, but the day after brought more rain than the law will allow. Our neighbors recently dug out the vegetation on this patch of land and the rain turned it into a waterfall!  There is a video of it below. 

While eating lunch outside the cafeteria the other day, we saw this giant stick insect, probably Entoria okinawaensis. There is a very grainy cell phone video of it moving away from me below. 


Thursday, June 14, 2012

Summer is here

Nate found this funny t-shirt today.  Just a reminder that Ls and Rs are interchangeable in Japanese English.  



The water is getting warm again and we are spending more and more time diving.  Last weekend we went to Maeda Point, a place that attracts as many people as Disneyland.  It is a nice place to dive even if we have to share it with so many people.  There are steps leading into the water, so it is a much easier entry than some of the dive sites on Okinawa. Other than diving, there is not much to report from Okinawa these days.