We recently opened up our humble abode to some very fun guests that we met via couchsurfing.com (a site that matches up travel hounds like ourselves with each other to overcome some of the travel industry's high prices). A lovely couple hailing from Australia (formerly of Sydney, soon to be Melbourne) flew in from Taiwan (where they'd been visiting her family). And we were happy to meet them at the airport & provide about 4 nights of lodging during the last full week of November (since we hadn't made travel plans for the Thanksgiving holiday for some reason). Most days they were forced (or chose, or a combination of both) to fend for themselves (walking or bussing or renting a car).
But on their last day with us, we were finally able to spend a full day discovering Okinawa with Jo & Brendan. Discovering a day that began cloudy/drizzly/windy but became sunny & clear, we drove out to east-central side of the island, across the peninsula in Uruma. We explored the ruins of Katsuren Castle before venturing onto the bridge out to Henza Island. We then explored coasts, shrines & caves on Hamahiga Island before continuing on to Ikei Island's Big Time Resort coast. After finding an afternoon snack on Ikei, we drove back to Miyagi & along some of the less-popular roads (as evidenced by the vegetation covering a lane or more). We eventually discovered the park & lookout pavilions at Ato Gusuku Observatory, before leisurely making our way back to Okinawa Island & into Naha to find the Shinko Port.
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