best beach weekend EVER.

saturday was a glorious day. noa's dad owns a marine sports area at araha beach, and after i found that out, i asked her mom if laura and i could have a reservation to do some of the activities. so on saturday we met up with noa and her mom so they could show us where the booth was to fill out the paperwork for the "discount".. it ended up being free!! they are such a nice family.. it was fun to spend the day with them :) noa did all the activities with us.. she is too funny haha. she first wanted to do the banana boat. words can't describe how fun it was. laura and i screamed the whole time while noa just laughed and laughed.. probably at us haha. one of noa's dad's co-workers drove the jet ski and the finale was amazing.. i seriously flew two feet off the seat!!!
noa then wanted to go kayaking, so the three of us went around araha beach.. so pretty!! noa relaxed while laura and i paddled.. very relaxing!
after lunch we got in the glass bottom boat to go off shore to go snorkeling!! it was my first time and i LOVED it!!
before we started...you can see the banana boat behind uswe went with noa's dad, another worker, and two tourists from mainland. it was really weird at first to get used to breathing underwater but luckily i got used to it fairly fast. we were given suasages to feed the fish and i DEFINITELY did not throw the sausage far enough away from me.. the fish swarmed me and started biting me.. i FREAKED out!!! hahaha.. imagine me floating in the middle of the ocean screaming my head off hahahaha. it was quite the experience. it was amazing to see all the coral and fish.. saw some fish from finding nemo (gil being one of them), gorgeous rainbow fish, and brightly colored fish.
after we were done snorkeling, we laid out on the beach for a while.. noa took an hour nap under her umbrella.. so cute! when i was on the dock telling noa's dad and the rest of the workers thank you, i saw a puffer fish swimming in the water!!! i didn't know they were so close to the shore!!
laura and i had reservations for transit cafe, so we had just enough time to run home and shower. transit of course was amazing.. and we made it in time for the sunset. reshinda, one of laura's friends, met up with us and we had a fun dinner. we became friends with the bartender and he had fun teaching us japanese phrases :)
being spontaneous, we then went to a local bar called oh yeah (yes.. that's the name haha). it's a japanese bar, so we were the only americans.. it was also golden week (a big japanese holiday), so there were a lot of japanese men celebrating there. it was quite the entertainment haha! here they are trying to impress us with their drinking skills :)they were hilarious.. so were the workers there.. definitely a fun evening!!!
i spent the night at laura's and on sunday, since the weather was sunny again, we decided to go to the beach again! laura loves this beach that is a little island off of okinawa (you have to go on a bridge).. gorgeous!! it usually isn't packed but because of golden week, it was very crowded. we luckily found a parking spot, and had a lot of fun talking and relaxing on the beach. there were tents set up all along the beach.. we were tempted to skip school and camp too :)
great weekend.. but very exhausting.. the sun wears me out!! but definitley worth it!! :)