Beach Day 2

Yesterday, Sunday,  we packed up for yet another trip to the beach. This beach deserves a blog entry. The beach we went to was a new one. It did not have a a net like the other beach. My dad thought it was the perfect spot to practice our snorkeling. Before we got in the water we played at the park. That park was awesome! It had all sorts of cool equipment like a merry-go-round thing that you have to pedal to get it to spin. They also had a bunch of ramps for skate boards and a basketball court. My dad and I did some basketball drills when we got there. Kemet and Tsehai played in the park. They had a back board with five hoops on it. Kemet said that it increases your chance of getting it in. I don't know how accurate that is because I missed all the shots I made on that.

After sweating it out we headed toward the beach. We walked around in the water for some time. When we got to big rock sticking up out of the water we saw something black that looked like a snake. "Kemet stick your face in and see what it is." Daddy said. "Okay." So Kemet stuck his face in to take a look. When he popped out of the water he said "I can't see anything." So Daddy tried and I tried but neither of us could see it. Of course we weren't gonna put our face right on it, we didn't know what it was. So Daddy told Kemet to stick it with a spare breathing tube we had. Kemet didn't want to so I said "Gimme this. I'll do it." When I stuck it, it slithered slowly into the rock. I freaked out and ran out of the water. We snorkeled a bit and got out of the water. After that, we walk on the rocks along the beach and went home. It was a fun-filled, crazy, interesting beach trip. Here are the pictures:

Ryukyu Mura

I'm sure most of you know that Okinawa was originally it's own country. Japan attacked it and took over. Alot of elders like to consider Okinawa as Okinawa, not Japan. So, it's best to say "I'm going to Okinawa for a visit." Not "I'm going to Japan for a visit."

Okinawa was originally called Ryukyu kingdom. Their religion is not worshiping a god. Instead, their elders and ancestors. They are tombs of all shapes and sizes all around Okinawa. My favorite is the turtle tomb. Here is a picture of it:

Very interesting shape.  Anyway, at Ryukyu Mura we learned about what Okinawa used to be like. We saw some old houses that were moved from their original location to Ryukyu Mura. We had tea and Japanese "doughnuts" in one of those old houses.

Here is the slide show for this entry:

https://picasaweb.google.com/vincentprice74/RyukyuMura?authkey=Gv1sRgCMbH45WXhIXCtQE#slideshow/5630575189616970866

Beach Day (Pictures)

Tomb we saw on the way home.