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I wake up with the sounds of the bugs and animals around the lodge as the sun bleeds in through the curtains. The breakfast buffet at the main lobby opens up pretty early, so our timing doesn’t matter too much, as long as it’s before our next commitment at 9am, which we’d be leaving fromContinue reading “Day 11 – The Mangrove Maze”

Our brief visit to Singapore comes to end, as we wake up and pack our things before getting a Taxi ride over to the airport. Our next stop is Langkawi, Malaysia, so after another airport coffee and sandwich, we find our gate and sit down. After a bit, it turns out our gate was changed,Continue reading “Day 10 – Meeting the Malaysian Monkeys”

The timezone shift back 1 hour makes the morning time feel a little bit more normal, so as we wake up and get ready at around 7am, we search up nearby cafés and pick the closest one. Thankfully the temperature is about 2 degrees lower in the morning, so we walk there in 30~ degreesContinue reading “Day 9 – Singapore Sling”

This morning, we beat the sun up by close to two hours, with our alarms having been set for 4:30am. While it’s still dark out, we finish packing up, grab our coffee from the fridge, lock up the place, and begin the commute back to Naha Airport. It’s a little more confusing trying to navigate,Continue reading “Day 8 – A City of Towers and Trees”

The biggest concern to waking up early in a small town like this is the lack of cafés open at this hour. As was covered in yesterday’s post, this issue had been solved by Key Bakery in Motobu. So naturally, we drive up there for a first stop early in the morning, as we haveContinue reading “Day 7 – Scenic Drive to Ogimi Vilage”

One of my favourite things to do when travelling (in case it wasn’t obvious) is to go to cafés in the morning. Unfortunately, the combination of cafés here opening a bit later, waking up early, and the town being a small place to begin with, limits the options. Thanfully there is a small bakery inContinue reading “Day 6 – Okinawa’s Music and Food, Together”

Finally starting to wake at around the same time as the sunrise, which for now is helpful, as we have an early flight to catch at Fukuoka airport. We grab our bags, check out, and catch a taxi over to the airport. We ended up arriving about an hour before we were even able toContinue reading “Day 5 – Driving and Caving in Okinawa”

Still waking up early, but thankfully the cafe in the lobby opens pretty early, at least in comparison to many other cafes in the area, so after a little bit of lounging around our room, we head down and get some drinks. I’d normally get a coffee first thing, but the mango lassi macha smoothiesContinue reading “Day 4 – The Anticipated Fugu Meal”

Another morning where I rose out of bed before the sun did, giving me time to re-pack my bags for check-out this morning. Our original estimation on time for catching transit today was a little tight, but with us checking out a couple hours ahead of time, it gave us plenty of leaway. We handContinue reading “Day 3 – 3 Cities in 1 Day”

Despite our best efforts, switching a sleep schedule to a time zone with a 13 hour difference is a bit more than can be managed in one night. I end up getting up at around 4am, which while earlier than I had hoped, did give us time to watch the sky light up as itContinue reading “Day 2 – A Quiet, Rainy Day in Higashiyama”