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ITH · 08-25-2007, 11:02 PM

ive only been to mainland once but ive lived on okinawa for the past 4 years. most people do not know english or its very limited, the ones that work in american restaurants like mcdonalds know some english. the people here are the most friendly people i have ever been around. but they dont want the military here. they love our money just not the military presence. i totally suggest you visit here cause its awesome. and if you know the name of where you are going taxi drivers can get you anywhere. and i cant stand the drivers... drive to slow and will stop their cars anywhere on the side of the road, even if the road isnt big enough for 2 cars to pass.

**Sc0rPi0n** · 08-26-2007, 02:44 AM

Well, I am trying really hard to learn Japanese, between anime and self teaching through a few books, but I probably still won't be anywhere near what I should be by the time I get over there. Okinawa is the bottom island right? Isn't that region more rural/farming? I also hear that almost everything about Japan is tied in with water/seafood, which makes sense since it is an island. Thanks for the insight by the way

**KhaOZ** · 08-28-2007, 03:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Sc0rPi0n

Okinawa is the bottom island right? Isn't that region more rural/farming?

Okinawa is mostly packed with beach resorts and US military bases. We have a ridiculous amount of bases on that tiny island. It's where we were sposed to go after Turkey, but my wife's mother had both of her Kidneys fail, and got real sick, so my wife put in to come back anywhere to the states so we could see her Mother more than once a year.

The Air Force base we were to go to is pretty much a Beach Resort that you live on from what people tell me. The base ith is at. Had her Mother not got sick, we'd be there with ith, heh.

Was either that or Yokota in Tokyo. That was actually first on my list, Yokota, but the wife wanted to hit up Kadena, and I was cool going anywhere in Japan.

ith, can't you just take a hop up to Yokota?

ITH · 08-28-2007, 05:02 AM

yeah we got hops going to yokota and hickam every week. mostly on 135's and i dont care to much to ride on those. unless the boomber lets me sit where he does but theres not to many cool boomers around anymore. thats funny too i almost went to kirtland this june was going to work on the helicopters there, thank god i didnt. i dont think i would have survived in new mexico

**KhaOZ** · 08-28-2007, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by ITH

yeah we got hops going to yokota and hickam every week. mostly on 135's and i dont care to much to ride on those. unless the boomber lets me sit where he does but theres not to many cool boomers around anymore. thats funny too i almost went to kirtland this june was going to work on the helicopters there, thank god i didnt. i dont think i would have survived in new mexico

You'd be surprised. The weather at Kirtland is nice year round. Albuquerque is right up against a mountain, so you get weather that averages around the 50s to 70s year round. There's a huge Zoo there and a bunch of parks along the rio grande river that runs right through the middle of the city. 4 Malls, a couple of them are huge. The base is massive, even has 2 elementary schools and a middle school ON base, it's so big. There's about 750,000 people, a bunch of colleges. They even have a decent computer graphics school there. There's skiing/snowboarding up on that mountain that borders Albuquerque. A pretty decent Amusement park, a lot of bars and clubs if you're into the night life, I think I counted something like 12 golf courses, there's an aquarium, their own major airport, etc etc. There's a LOT in Albuquerque.

I wasn't to thrilled about the idea of going there either, but people kept telling me they loved it there, and want to go back. So I had to see wtf it was that made everyone I talk to, love this place so much, and it seems to have a lot going for it overall. I mean, there are a LOT worse bases. Minot, Canon, Whiteman, etc, lol. So yeah, i've done my research on the place, and am actually looking forward to going. The only bad thing i've noticed, is the crime rate there is pretty high compared to most cities of its size.

So where you going to now?