Day five
Last night, I noticed this board in the hotel lobby, and this morning, Google Lens told me that guests can place a magnet in the timeslot they plan to have breakfast in, and other guests can estimate how busy breakfast will be and plan accordingly. Such a neat idea!
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I was planning a bus trip to the north of the island, but I made a last-minute decision to take the boat to a nearby island instead.
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The fast ferry takes 50 minutes and departs twice daily, one time in the morning around 09:00 and one time in the afternoon. I just missed the morning departure, but there's also a "slow" ferry that takes 2 hours and would depart in 40 minutes. My hotel is across from the harbor, so I had plenty of time to make the slow ferry.
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The latest departure back to the main island was with the fast ferry at 16:20 in the afternoon, leaving me with about four hours of time.
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The trip was really nice, and the journey was over in no time.
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I planned to walk around the island to various viewpoints, but on my way to the first viewpoint, I noticed a sign for electric scooter rental.
That sounded fun, and in hindsight, I'm super happy I made that choice. It wouldn't have been possible to traverse the entire island on foot, and while the island is not large, there are huge elevation changes.
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The other option was a bike rental, and judging by the less-amused stares from people pushing their bikes up a hill while I whizzed by, modern technology is the way to go!
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Instead of the two planned viewpoints, I made it to all of them on the island, with time to spare to relax at the beach at the end of the day.
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I returned the scooter and headed for the port to take the ferry back. I slept most of the way because the monotone engine humm and a lightly swaying boat were perfect for sleep.
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Back at Naha, I was thinking about Sushi, so I headed to a nearby conveyor belt Sushi place to stack up some plates.
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