There is some picture overload going to happen here. We (finally) ventured out to Okinawa World on Veteran's Day. What a fun place! To start, we walked through this very large, very long cave with a million stalagmites/stalactites for about a 1/2 hour. Geologists in the States would have been freaking out at the anti-preservation that was going on here. It was very cool.
Next we walked through a mock traditional Okinawan village to a stage where we watched a show with some taiko drums and shanchins with dancing. Issy was oogled by the local Japanese school girls (not the fist time and I'm sure not the last either). She gives them her flirty eyes and with her blond hair they just eat it up.
After the show there was a giant albino Burmese python that you could have a photo op with. Noah was certainly intimidated, but decided to be brave since the rest of the family would be in the picture.
Don't ya love that Isabella is tickling the underside of it's mouth?
Next we went to the snake show. Our kids sat on the floor within striking distance of poisonous habu (native Okinawan snakes) and cobras while trainers tried to get the snakes to stand up (by poking and prodding them).
They used to let the mongoose (the habu's natural predator) and a habu fight to the death on this very stage. However they stopped doing that and now they have a race in the water.
Issy with the turtles.
Ben's putting a lizard on his friends' head.
Kate likes lizards.
Ben wasn't afraid of the snakes, but got kinda nervous when it started coiling itself around him (think squeezing it's prey?)
I was REALLY excited to hold the snakes (translation= nervous, but overcoming the fear).
Kate likes snakes too.
If anyone will COME VISIT US then we can take you here too. C'mon....we've only got 1.5 years left!
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Okinawa World
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4 comments:
yeah it looks like you got your red head!!!!! ok so what airport would i fly into?? i am thinking trent and i may come and visit you next end of summer/fall maybe the beginning of the summer. just depends on some things. but i want to start thinking about it!!!
Wow! You guys are BRAVE! I couldn't have done it! Such cute pictures!
you guys are crazy. and I LIKE IT!! i don't know if i could've held all those snakes or not, but you look cool as a cat girl! btw, Izzy is so gorgeous, you're going to have to watch out, pretty soon all the boys will be knockin at your door! I can totally see you and Rob having fun with that one too!
Fun stuff. Wish we could come and visit.
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