The Aquarium

So while in Okinawa we went to an aquarium... The Churaumi Aquarium. Apparently it is in the top three in the world. As some of you may know I really don't much like going to the zoo, so why would I want to go to an aquarium right? Well, I heard it was pretty darn cool and I figured if it is one of the best in the world we should probably go. It was cool, but not as cool as you would expect the "best in the world" to be. Obviously there was a dolphin show... below is a pic of the huge space they have. I think there were 3 of those huge whales in there. Tons of fish and that tank was pretty cool.


Outside there was a very nice park, with cool plants. Brian of course wanted to be fed by the mama birdie :)



I really liked the octopus. I thought it was pretty darn creative. These plant creatures were all over the place!

So this was one of our less exciting things we did. We were there for probably 2 hours and then went straight to the beach.... no funny stories from this place.

Disneyland!

Here is Nichole with my twin...
Me and Nichole... it all looks the same really...
She really liked me. I am guessing because we both have red hair?? Deep down though, I think she's asian...

So Nichole came here with Shugo and stayed for about ten days. She just left yesterday... While she was here the main thing she REALLY wanted to do was go to Disneyland. So we went. It was a lot of fun and hilarious to see all the same rides in Japanese.





We really lucked out and it only rained on us for about an hour and it was cool cause there was a double rainbow (although you can only see one in the video. Nichole had to dance in it though :)


And of course on the way home 11pm the train in Tokyo is PACKED. It's just the only way to truly experience Japan... Nichole was not too happy to be so close to strangers, it was a little awkward




And yes, the lovely Splash Mountain in Japanese!

Snowboarding in Japan!

So we went snowboarding on Saturday. It was SUPER fun! We went to Kandatsu, which is about 4-5 hours away. I worked at the Outdoor Rec Center up until last Friday and ORC does a lot of trips for the people on base. It is a bit cheaper to go with them cause if we went on our own we would have to pay a million yen in tolls. So we went and had a great time. It began with a small disaster. We got up the first lift and Brian goes to strap in and his binding broke... he went down the mountain to get new ones, but they didn't have the right kind. He was able to fix it himself somehow and went to strap in again and the other broke. Ugh. All the while I am with some friends who have never been before, trying to teach them how to snowboard. Finally around 10:30 or so we made it down one slope and found Brian and he had just fixed his board. SO off we went. The board worked good the rest of the day and we had a great time!

He's gooood.