Sake Highball

Whiskey Highball = Good

Japanese Sake Highball = Very Bad

(The beverage above was the second. Next time I will read the label more thoroughly)

Tuesday Ride

This picture was taken in a river. I was attempting to capture a picture of the river fish, but they did not like the camera and darted off.
Any day off that includes riding a motorcycle through rivers, on farm roads, and over mountains is a good one.

Najikin, Okinawa

Insomnia

Ginowan, Okinawa

Leptotyphlopidae

This snake know as a Thread Snake is one of the worlds smallest snakes. It lives off of termites or ants and is blind. I found it this morning on my lot and thought it was a worm until one my salesmen told me that it was a snake. Though I could not capture it on camera, when you looked really close at it you could see the snake sticking its tiny tongue out to taste the air around it.

Okinawa, Japan

False Advertisement

A few weeks ago I found myself alone one evening and in desire of the company of the fairer sex. Having little money and feeling rather tired, I made my way to the local convenience store.

While pursuing the beer cooler I found a can of Kirin Ice Beer. The instructions on the side of the can were intriguing:

1) Fill the glass with beer halfway

2) Slowly put in ice-cubes

3) Drink the Ice + Beer

4) A cute girl in a red dress will appear and say, "Cool!".

Assuming that beer cans do not lie, I purchased a can and took it home. At my apartment I took out a glass, carefully filled it exactly halfway with beer, skillfully filled the remained of the glass with ice-cubes, and then slowly began to drink the beer.

Unsure of where the women in red would appear from, I awaited a knock at the door. When none came, I checked my balcony, but found no one. As a last ditch effort I looked out the window to see if the women in red was downstairs waiting for me.

Needless to say she never came and I learned a valuable lesson, never trust a beer can.

A Day At ナガンヌ島

The morning did not start off the way I had wanted it to. My original intention had been to take my motorcycle via ferry out to Tonaki Island. However at the ferry terminal I was told that there was only one ferry a day to Tonaki, so I would have to spend the night on the island.

With my plans for the day shot down, I walked outside and noticed a brochure rack advertising day trips to the tiny island of Nagannu. Having always wondered what the island was like, I paid the steep 6,000 yen price for a ticket out there (Ticket includes round trip ferry ride and lunch. You can buy beer on the island, but its a bit expensive.)

After a 20 minute boat ride, I made for the western tip of the island. Having passed this island on Kenji's boat several times, I knew there was a coral reef at the islands western tip. Since most commercial fishing is forbidden close to the island, the reef was in great shape.

Surrounded by fish, I began to wonder where the predators were. As I swam around the side of the reef, I spotted a White Tip Shark. It was my first time seeing a shark. Thinking the shark could hear my heartbeat, I tried to remain calm and began to take pictures of it.

The shark then spotted me and at first swam towards me. It then turned around and swam under a rock. As I swam closer to the rock, I watched as two White Tip Sharks poked their heads out and looked at me.

I was now a good ways from shore, alone in the ocean, with two sharks looking at me. With my heart racing, I began to swim back towards the beach fearing that at any moment one of the sharks was going to swim up from behind me and take a bite out of my leg.

The bite never came. For the rest of the day I harassed the local wildlife, stayed close to shore, and enjoyed more then a few Orion Beers. 

Nagannu Island, Okinawa