Okinawa III

I went to Araha Park first and checked out Araha beach which was unfortunately close. It was pretty weird to see a beach closed because of covid but I guess it is what it is. I stuck around for a bit before going to Manza beach, the beach was very chill and empty as always. There were a lot of sea life swimming about, the most interesting one was the sea rabbit that sprayed a red smokescreen as I accidentally touched it, I waded through the water to reach the island at the other side, the rocks were really spikey so I was glad I was wearing my slippers, not to mention the spiky sea urchins littered all around. It was fun but after awhile I decided to go to where Eliska was at Cape Maeda.

Cape Maeda proved to be the absolute best place in Okinawa mainland. It was lowtide but the ocean left a lot of leftover springs in its wake, there were caves and alcoves that housed a myriad of colorful fish and sea creatures, it was like a natural aquarium. I jumped from one puddle to the next, taking a peak through the crystal clear water of the ecosystem happening below it. It was quite tempting to jump right in but at the same time, the water was very cold. There were unique rock formations all around the beach, I have never seen anything like it. After exploring for some time, I went back to Eliska's to catch up. We then went up to the cape area, it was quite rocky but the view of the ocean was spectacular. As the sun set, we grabbed some pizza for dinner and waited for our bus to arrive, which operated at an island schedule as in it was quite late which made us very nervous if we were going to end up stuck here but in the end it came. I offered Eliska a place to stay in exchange for the time she hosted me and Kara. She was planning on camping but she took my offer.Read more