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Middle Castle

Filed under: — Andy @ 7:32 am

One fateful Friday with nothing do to, I decided to take a 10 kilometer bike ride to Okinawa’s most preserved castle ruins. Little did I know that it was completely an uphill ride. When I got to Middle Castle (Nakagusuku) there was a nice old lady who gave me a free tour of the site. The area was built in special ways to protect it against earthquakes, strong winds, rain, typhoons, and invasions. The lady told me a lot about the old times of Okinawa and about the castle ruins history. The area is atop a hill and has great views of the surroundings.


Looking out toward the east and the Pacific ocean.


That’s my guide on the right


The curvature of the walls protects against strong winds.

Scroll left and right!

Working hard to get up a hill only means that going down it is a breeze. Going back home was a lot of fun, and I was making great time, yet when I was almost there a call suddenly pulled out right in front of me…

Comments

  1. that’s an awesome scrolling panoramic pic. so seemless, at least on this computer. good job.

    But I think you mean a ‘car’ pulled out in front of you. In fact you have a lot of errors in your posts.

    Comment by KoreanKen — 3/21/2007 @ 6:02 pm
  2. Hi. Andy, it’s me. How’s it going? It seems like that you are having a good time in Okinawa and were able to sucess in settling in there. You have put up really nice pictures. Awesome! I like the picture when you were on the bridge. Where is that forest? It looks so wild and bushy. I like it. Drop me email if you have time. Also I miss your English lessons!

    Comment by yumiko — 4/2/2007 @ 10:07 am

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