Okinawa World

After not venturing out into Okinawa for a few weeks, I knew we HAD to get out. We decided on a visit to Okinawa World on the south end of the island. Steph had already been with her school once, but the rest of us wanted to check it out.

Our first stop was Okinawa Cave. This is by far the nicest cave tour we have been on. The stalactites and stalagmites are huge, the pools of water are fed by streams and actually have fish! Best of all-- no tour guide filling you with facts you don't really want to know.

After the cave, we wandered around the various shops, saw the fresh fruit farm, and ate Taco Rice, Soba noodles and Curry for lunch. Once we were rested from the walk through the cave we were ready to face the snakes in the Snake Museum.

The highlight of the museum is the snake show. We watched a mogoose race a snake (seperate water tubes so no drama), watched the handler irritate a cobra and saw a real live Habu attack! I recorded it to share with all of you. The show is completely in Japanese and I only understood the words Habu, Mongoose, and Kudasai (please) so this is a guess, but the white balloon is filled with cold water and the pink balloon is filled with warm. To prove the point that the snake can't see, but will strike when a warm object comes close.

After we finished up at Okinawa World, we stopped for ice cream at our favorite spot, Blue Seal. Today I tried Honey ice cream. It was very, very good. And we even took a picture this time:

Then it was time to head home so Lyle could get dressed for his work thing tonight. My goal was to stamp, but the kids wanted Pumpkin Chocolate Chip cookies to take to church tomorrow so I am baking instead. Either way my inner Martha is satisfied :)