I spent this past weekend on Zamami, a small island south-west of Okinawa. Zamami has a total area of about 17 km, and consists of three small villages totaling 1,500 people. Dave is the lucky man who gets to have this mini-paradise all to himself. He even has a couple of nearby islands with schools on them that he kayaks to! Zamami makes it's money through tourism, and that's why we came: whale watching!
We were told we had a lucky day. We found a mommy and a baby swimming around and saw them breach a few times. The rest of the time was keeping a close distance on them, marveling as they would come up for air and sometimes give a flipper or tail flip.
To get to Zamami, we took a big ferry. To go after the whales, we took a smaller boat. I learned about half way through that my body doesn't like the ups and downs.
We stayed the night and did a walking tour of the island the next day. We hiked up to some excellent observation points overlooking Zamami and other local islands. Half way through, it started pouring, and we were lucky enough to spend the next hour walking back in the rain.
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