My May. Day 8, part 1

15.06, Shuri castle
When planning to visit a castle, don't forget it's located on an elevation!
Prepare your most comfortable shoes, a litre of water, your back and your feet! And your eyes too, because Shuri castle is just one red eye-candy.
Served with some local dance performance 3 times a day, too.

My May. Day 7, part 3

19.06, Naminoue beach
They say Surgut is a rich city. Oil and gas industry provide hard-working citizens with a stable income. Of course, one could allow to spend one or two holidays a year at a tropical resort. I don't see however how one is supposed to survive the rest of the year without the sea. I'd probably dry out without something like this - and on a regular basis.

My May. Day 7, part 2

17. 04, Fukushuen garden
If you go here, you'll see there, and if you go there, you'll see here at another angle. How is this not magic?

My May. Day 7, part 1

9.52, Tissage hotel, Naha
It's the 5th day I'm having my breakfast in the hotel. I would never do such thing in any big city in Japan, paying 15 dollars or more for a breakfast when a combini nearby allow much cheaper options?
But here, I would be damned if I didn't try these - Okinawan champloo, local fish, guava juice, fruit cocktail with mango, litchee, pineapple and acerola, Okinawan tofu and mozuku seaweeds, drinking guava juice - the one that Orange Range were singing about. Finally I can understand that 'amai amaaai guava juice' line :)
Well, judging by the fact that I cannot tan properly and instead get sunburned easily, it seems that my predecessors had been living in a colder environment with less sun. I read an article explaining I should blame my genes. But then why do I yearn for the sun so much and why do I like these colours so much that just looking at these fruit makes me a bit happier?

My May. Day 6, part 1

15.47, end of International street in Naha
Shisa, shisa everywhere! I knew they would be, and still they take me by surprise every time I see them.
Well, I googled and it seems the population of Naha city is just over 300 thousand people. Only a half of my hometown... But I wish our bus terminal and city hall were as pretty as here. Makes me wonder which one is a rural village - Naha or my hometown, which was for some ridiculous consideration designated as the new capital of the Russian Far East...

My May. Day 2, part 2

17.25, Naha Airport
The airport is very small... It seems like our Boeing 737-300 with 500 seats is larger than the airport. But its nice to see so many orchids and 2 aquariums greeting us.