Yoron Island

Scott and I went to Yoron Island this weekend for our anniversary, and of course, we took Matthew and Anna with us. As you can imagine, with all four of us, it was quite the romantic getaway. :)

The trip started with a drive up north to Nago to catch the ferry to Yoron. Yoron is about 26 miles north of Okinawa (or was it 26 km?). In any case you can see Okinawa from the high points on Yoron. We took a ferry from Nago which is kind of in the middle of Okinawa, so it still took about two and a half hours by ferry to get there. The ferry boat was BIG...the size of a small cruise ship.

This was our room on the ferry to Yoron. It was all open with a mat, blanket and leather pillow for everyone to sit or lay on.

The Pricia Resort in Yoron

Anna screams as we walk around the resort. Our room was in one of these blue buildings.

Anna screams at the resort marina. Be glad this picture doesn't have audio.

Anna SCREAMED most of the first day. I don't think she liked being in the baby bjorn so much. She screamed before, during and after the ferry trip. She screamed while we waited for our room to be ready (we got there too soon!!), she screamed while we tried to eat lunch, as we tried to walk around and explore the property and while we tried to eat dinner. By the end of the first day we were ready to get right back on the ferry and go home. Luckily she felt better after a good night sleep and we were able to spend two more nice days on the island. Here she smiles it up with Scott. :)

At a botanical garden in Yoron

Matthew on the loose at a traditional Yoron village

Eating pickled papaya, sugar from sugar cane, tea and some kind of pancake at Yoron Village. The pickled papaya tasted so much unlike fresh papaya that we thought it was fish. Matthew loved the little pancake/crepe like things.

A view of the ocean at Yoron
It looks a lot like Okinawa

More of Pricia

Matthew LOVED swimming
We took turns taking him in the water so one of us could sit with Anna

Matthew also loved seeing these little kittens that lived on the property

And he wanted to hold them (hold...hold...hold!)

No kitties were harmed during the taking of these pictures

Our second night we had an outdoor barbecue for dinner. We got to cook our own food on this hot grill in the middle of the table. We weren't really sure what to do, but we did our best.

Here I am trying to cook dinner on the grill. I think I overcooked most everything (that grill was HOT!!), but it was still fun. Notice Matthew is NOT sitting at the table for this meal...much too scary.

There was all kind of stuff to cook; squid, sausages, spam!!, clams, chicken, pork, beef, veggies, fish and big prawns. We tried everything. My fave: eggplant, least favorite: spam. Matthew loved the sausages. I think Scott liked the corn on the cob and beef best.

Matthew and our bus driver from our tour of the island. He loved Matthew and carried him around at all our different stops. Matthew was a little shy, but he liked being carried around.

Here are Matthew and Anna hanging out on the ferry ride back to Okinawa (steerage class) - Matthew is making his funny faces. :O Even though there were some very screamy moments, we still had a good time.