friday

we started the day by visiting the neighborhood e grew up in.  this is the bus that he occasionally took when he was little:

this is where his house used to be, but the current homes are newer.  while we were looking around, the neighbors across the street came out.  it's the same family that lived there in the early 80's, and the woman remembered e's family.  

giant slides at pipeline road park:

view from Kakazu Park:

you can't tell from this picture, but this (where the above picture was taken from) is painted like a globe:

Nakagusuku Castle:

at Zakimi Castle:

we finished the day with dinner at Teguchi Beach, but we forgot to bring the camera :(