Still beautiful weather. The weather gods remain friendly - no typhons...yet.
On 8th of October we moved south again from Okinawa to explore the second group of islands in Okinawa: the Miyako Islands.
Thanks to Star Alliance, we can do some of the island hopping by plane. Star Alliance has a great deal: buy up to five domestic flights for only 100 USD each - but you must purchase before arriving in Japan. Read about it here.
On my birthday 9th of October, we forgot all about our trekking boots, rented a car and circled the island. It turned out that the island has numerous golf resorts as the one in the picture.
We also discovered a surprisingly Disneyland like german themepark complete with a copy of the Marksburg castle in Germany!
How does a small japanese island develop kinship with Germany?
The story: In 1873 the islanders saved sailors from a german ship wrecked by a nasty typhoon. Five years later Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany in appreciation gave a monument to the island - and thus the connection started...
I ended my birthday on the Maehama beach - "by some called the best beach in Japan". (A sentence which we were to encounter on many islands....)
On 8th of October we moved south again from Okinawa to explore the second group of islands in Okinawa: the Miyako Islands.
Thanks to Star Alliance, we can do some of the island hopping by plane. Star Alliance has a great deal: buy up to five domestic flights for only 100 USD each - but you must purchase before arriving in Japan. Read about it here.
On my birthday 9th of October, we forgot all about our trekking boots, rented a car and circled the island. It turned out that the island has numerous golf resorts as the one in the picture.
We also discovered a surprisingly Disneyland like german themepark complete with a copy of the Marksburg castle in Germany!
How does a small japanese island develop kinship with Germany?
The story: In 1873 the islanders saved sailors from a german ship wrecked by a nasty typhoon. Five years later Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany in appreciation gave a monument to the island - and thus the connection started...
I ended my birthday on the Maehama beach - "by some called the best beach in Japan". (A sentence which we were to encounter on many islands....)
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