American Village

I love this pic....the sunglasses just MAKE it!!

Looks like SPAM is on sale :)
FYI: 100 Yen is about $1.25 right now

Wonder if the Habu Sake is on sale??

Of course.....a picture spot!

This was our first experience with Doctor Fish.....

.....and Rachel could barely hold it together!!!

Rodney was a little hurt that the fish didn't like his baby feet. But, what does that say for Rachel's and my feet if the fish are having a feast?!?!?!?

Rachel and I rode the ferris wheel, but, Rodney chose to keep his feet firmly on the ground :)

A few views from the ride....

American Village from the air with Sunset Beach in the background

I didn't know Johnny Depp speaks Japanese!?!?!?

Well, look at that----another picture spot!!!
Just call us "Flip" and "Flop"!!

I just love it when Life Imitates Art :)

As you can tell, we had another fun day!!

Out and About in Uruma

Some of our "in-between" adventures were right here in the area of our own little town/village of Uruma, like checking out the cool architecture of the City Hall building.

Then there was "CoCo" curry and the Diaso store, which is the company that provides many of the products for the 100 Yen stores.

It was hard to resist a stop at "Castle Coffee." We weren't able to get coffee that day, but enjoyed the visuals :)

We spent a relaxing afternoon at "essence" getting our toes all prettied up!

It was enjoyable having lunch with a friend at Cafe Pipineo....

.....where the Wasabi Pork was quite tasty!

This little piece of chocolate cake rounded out the meal nicely :)
I enjoyed a refreshing iced coffee, made perfect with one little cup of cream and one little cup of gum syrup.

Following lunch, we stopped in at the fish market!
(Yep, those are vending machines!)

You buy your fish and they gut and clean them for you.

One of our favorite local eateries is this little Ramen place. (And I do mean little--the bar has eleven chairs and the the "family room" in the back seats eight to ten :) 

They serve the MOST delicious Miso Ramen!!

And for dessert, there's "Petite Fours"!!

Another fun stop is Makemon, aka: "MonkeyMan"!
Although, I have a friend who calls it "Rowe's" since it's much like a Lowe's, but the locals' tend to replace the Ls with Rs, so..........  ;-}

We were very impressed with some of the orchids on display at the Orchid Show!

All-in-all, our little Uruma has some fun stuff to see, do, and eat!!

Diving Lessons

Rachel was so excited to get dive certified while here!!
She says her next trip over here will be mainly a dive trip :)

After the pool work it was time to practice those learned skills in open water at Tengan Pier!

We "just happened" to be diving at the same spot :)
(Rachel is straight behind Rodney's right shoulder.)

She can breathe underwater!!

A few of the fun creatures we saw...

Count those arms!

A poisonous Crown of Thorns starfish. He had to be more than a foot in diameter!

I don't know what these are, but they remind me of lavender.

Good ole' sea cucumbers.

This seemed like a good place to put in a few other beach pictures....

Courtney Beach
(If I'd snapped just a split second later, I'd have caught them both down in the water! Yep, a mis-step caused quite a splash :)

A lovely picture of Rachel at low tide on Courtney Beach.

Egrets on a rock outcropping at Kadena Marina

Rodney in search of sea glass at Tengan Pier.

Rachel's searching, too!!

Sunset Beach by American Village
While we were walking around there, they were actually calling the swimmers out of the water due to jellyfish!