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Skriven 2006-07-02 21:32:30 av Carol Shenkenberger (6:757/1)
    Kommentar till text 304 av Bob Ackley (1:2905/3)
Ärende: Re: Seatime again
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*** Quoting Bob Ackley from a message to Carol Shenkenberger ***

 BA>> I spent six years on Okinawa (1965-71).  I can't imagine the place
 BA>> bei resort destination.  Yes, there were some nice places, but not
 BA>> any tha spend that kind of money to stay at.

 CS> Grin, anyplace you *live* at, tends to not be where you'd want to
 CS> vacation at.   I cant imagine a vacation to San Diego or San Antonio
 CS> for examples.

BA> I can't either, and other than basic training I've never lived in eith

Well, San Antonio has the riverwalk and that is worth a 2 night vacation if you
can get there and enjoy nightlife.

BA> I also wonder how they resurrected the beaches on Okinawa.  When I was
BA> there they were busily sucking up all of the sand to make concrete and
BA> of the beaches were bare rock or coral.  It should have taken centurie
BA> ocean to replace it.

The only one I am familiar with is still coral mostly.  White Beach.  We arent
going for beach sand though.  There are better places for that right where we
live.

 CS> For us, looking forward to the huge aquarium there and some sight
 CS> seeing at the  pottery village as well as a fishing trip out of
 CS> Itoman.  We arent going for  several weeks, just 4 days.

BA> You might also want to see Shuri Castle.

Yes, part of the time there.  Seems we have more things to see, than we will
have time so we will pick out what seems sensible each day and just let it
flow.  9-13 July is Okinawa for us but we get in a bit late on the 9th and
leave by afternoon on the 13th.  The 11th is the fishing trip day and al 3 of
us are going.  We checked with the boat captain and he said Charlotte is legal
and that day, he's setting up for several families with kids so this is a 'no
huhu' event.

So far, my plans other tha the 11th are pretty open.  The aquarium, the
exhange, and possibly the pottery village or the shuri castle.  Lets see what
we can reach easy from the hotel tours before we decide specifics.


BA> The commissary was and probably still is right next to the BX.  Just p
BA> that is
BA> a pedestrian bridge that crosses a small ravine, and just across that
BA> a row of four 2 story concrete barracks.  I lived in the second one, b
BA> 146.

Ravine still there and i know exactly where you mean. The old building is long
gone and there's a Chili's at about that area now.  The new barracks are more
along the main road towards the gate now.  The bridge across the ravine is
still there too and i walked it just 2 weeks ago.

                                       xxcarol

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