My flight to Okinawa departed at 9am from the Narita airport on November 3rd. Soon after we took off I saw the Mount Fuji on the right side of the plane. There was an American woman sitting next to me who worked for military and she has been living in Okinawa 34 years. She told me many interesting things about Okinawa and she showed me photos on her phone. Our flight lasted 3 hours and when we landed I ate noodles at the airport. I don't remember the exact price but it was around 700 yen. I had a contact with a guy from CS who was from the Czech Republic and he has been living in Okinawa since 2005. He does research at the university and he married a Japanese woman. He invited me to a party in a hotel at Makishi with a buffet and free liquor tasting. We had a drink firstly in a cafe nearby and I ordered a milk tea. I drank a lot of milk tea in Japan and I liked it although I am not used to drinking it here in Prague. Then we went to a party and his wife sang there. In the evening I had to return to the airport because my hosts just returned from the trip in Tokyo. I was hosted in Okinawa by an American couple. I had only 2 days to visit Okinawa but I had a good time. On Tuesday my host took me to the aquarium in the north of the island where I watched a dolphin show and I saw many sea animals including whale sharks. It was around 24°C in Okinawa, when it was sunny it was hot, but when it was cloudy and windy it was cold and I had to wear a sweater.

After visiting the aquarium I found out that the public transportation in Okinawa was scarce and I couldn't find any bus which would take me to the south of the island. I had no choice but to hitchhike. It took around 20 minutes until a car stopped. The driver was around 70 years old guy and there was also a young woman with him, she could be around 25-30. They asked me where I wanted to go and I said hotel Moonbeach. They took me there, but the guy spoke only a little English and the girl didn't speak English at all. There was a nice beach at the hotel with white sand, water was warm, around 25°C, I spent one hour in the sea. There were many Japanese people swimming but all of them wore neoprene. My host came to pick me up and we watched the sunset. Afterwards we had dinner in a restaurant, I had a soup with egg and noodles, fried shrimps and rice. In the evening we watched a horror movie Saint Ange.
The following day I wanted to go to a beach on the Pacific coast. My host told me that the beaches on the East China coast were much more beautiful and that was certainly true, but I wanted to see the Pacific ocean. My host took me to a beach in the south of the island. The beach was completely empty. I swam in the sea but the water was colder than the day before and I spent only 10 minutes in the water. Then I wanted to go to Naha but there was no bus around and I had to hitchhike again. It took around half an hour until a guy picked me up. He was around 50 and he spoke English well. He took me to Makishi where I walked in a market and I then I had a lunch in a restaurant. I ate cuttlefish noodles and a mango pudding. Then I took train to the Shuri castle. It was already late afternoon when I got there, I walked in a garden next to the castle and I watched a sunset.

Then I returned to Makishi where I met my hosts and we went to restaurant for dinner. We ordered tacos with chips. Afterwards we bought some Japanese sweets in a supermarket. Most Japanese sweets were made of rice and red beans. Then we watched the horror movie The taking of Deborah Logan. I left Okinawa on 6th November early in the morning when I took a flight to Taipei.