Showing posts with label Ie Island. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ie Island. Show all posts
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Sunset Cruise
For our last evening on Ie Island we went for a sunset boat ride. We happened to be the only people on the boat except for the captain and the deck hand. Extremely romantic and scenic. I can't really remember the last time simply sat and watched the sun slip beneath the horizon. We got lucky with a beautiful sunset that night!
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Hiking Some History
Mmmmmk I really need to finish my posts about our time at YYY already. Geez. I'm slacking.
Ok, so while we were out biking around the island we knew we couldn't pass up the opportunity to check out Mt. Gusuku. Well, I couldn't. Brad said he could take it or leave it due to us already being totally sunburned from the day before and already soaked in sweat in the ridiculously hot and humid tropical heat, but I wanted to climb it and so we did. Mt. Gusuku is a popular site and rises 172 meters high. For the Japanese, the mountain is a place to pray for safe navigation, health and harvest. The island received a battering during WWII and the area has a lot of history.
The walk isn't very long thank goodness, because it is pretty much stairs that go straight up.
We got to the top and were rewarded with a 360-degree panorama views of the island and the ocean. We sat, rested and took it all in. And then Brad said he was glad we had done it. I was glad too! Quite worth it.
Video from the top of Mt. Gusuku:
Ok, so while we were out biking around the island we knew we couldn't pass up the opportunity to check out Mt. Gusuku. Well, I couldn't. Brad said he could take it or leave it due to us already being totally sunburned from the day before and already soaked in sweat in the ridiculously hot and humid tropical heat, but I wanted to climb it and so we did. Mt. Gusuku is a popular site and rises 172 meters high. For the Japanese, the mountain is a place to pray for safe navigation, health and harvest. The island received a battering during WWII and the area has a lot of history.
The walk isn't very long thank goodness, because it is pretty much stairs that go straight up.
View from the beginning of the trail
We got to the top and were rewarded with a 360-degree panorama views of the island and the ocean. We sat, rested and took it all in. And then Brad said he was glad we had done it. I was glad too! Quite worth it.
Brad about to reach the top
Made it, enjoying the view
Made it, enjoying the view
Video from the top of Mt. Gusuku:Saturday, August 28, 2010
Hibiscus Heaven
We woke up the next morning at YYY Resort, enjoyed our breakfast at the hotel and then rented bikes to go explore around Ie Island. The island is very rural and we hardly passed any cars at all. It was so quiet and so relaxing to see wide open green places. We got to see the island, plus we got a workout at the same time.
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