Zamami Island Part II

Zamami was such a beautiful island. This was one of our favorite lookouts. It reminded me a lot of Hawaii, but very undeveloped in comparison. We spent most of the second day driving the mopeds around looking for scenic spots, which were everywhere.

This is my favorite picture from the trip. This is the other side of the lookout pictured above. I seem to have developed a case of pregnancy brain, so this blog will probably just be lots of pictures with captions.

This lookout was so Japanese and beautiful. All those steps are probably meant to be some path of meditation. We didn't feel like being too enlightened, so we just took a picture from the distance : )

This was our final lookout because we could see the rain coming from a distance and so we raced on our mopeds to this shelter Jonah found for us to wait for the storm to pass. It was really neat to see the sheets of rain from a distance get closer and closer. I'm wearing booties in this picture, which you wear when you swim in the ocean here because there's lots of coral and sea creatures you wouldn't want to step on barefoot. They made good moped boots too!

After all that driving we were ready to jump in the clear waters and snorkel. This first beach was sandy and Jonah hopped in to cool off.

One of the beaches we visited had awesome snorkeling that reminded me of Hanauma Bay in Oahu. Within a few feet of the shore was coral galore and more variety of fish. The beach was nice because there was a small beach shack that sold Japanese-style lunches and rented out swim fins and masks. I don't know the name of the beach, but if you're going just ask me and I'll give you directions! (It's not too far from the port)

As we were driving the mopeds around the small town I noticed this Japanese residence. This would be my dream Japanese home. It has a cottage-like feel to it, very shabby chic. I think this would be Rachel Ashwell's Japanese home pick too. The sage green siding with cream roof is a unique color combination for Japan. The shisa dogs guard the beautiful gate at the entrance of the home. There's already a mess on the porch so it already looks like it could belong to me : )

Not the best background, but a post-dinner picture before we returned the mopeds for the night.
We'll see you next week!!
Love,
us