Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium

This aquarium is the 2nd largest in the world...the biggest being in Atlanta. It is 7,500 cubic meters and holds 1,981,290 gallons of water. There is a touch pool where Noah of course dove in like a crazy man and soaked his shirt from the sleeves all the way to the armpits. There were exhibits with all kinds of sea life, a dolphin pool with dolphin shows, sea turtle exhibits, and an awesome shark exhibit. We saw a documentary on the waters and sea life surrounding Okinawa--we had to wear headphones that translated it into English. We loved seeing the whale sharks, great white sharks, and HUGE manta rays. After seeing all of the sea animals, the kids played in a huge park full of rope mesh like mazes and hills. We definitely had a blast. But we couldn't end the day there. My friend Loralei took us on another adventure to eat pizza in the sky! I don't know how we got there but after a lot of wrong turns and going down 5ft wide 2 way streets we finally made it. The pizza was cheese, peppers, onions, sausage pepperoni and corn...it was yummy!!

A view from Pizza in the Sky...get why they call it "Pizza in the Sky"??

Elijah and his BFF, Olivia.


"Cheese!"

Noah climbing like a monkey.

Elijah having a blast...

A view from inside the park looking towards the entrance.

Cute kids...

How'd you like that for a job??

Besties...

That's us minus 1 kid...he must be wherever Olivia is....

Mr. Wonderful

Mr........

Noah seems to be excited about something...

Noah and Elijah's favorite animal....I think it's some sort of lobster???

Where is Max in all these pictures??

(Max is Olivia's little brother and Noah's friend.)

Not at the aquarium anymore but out on the seawall. This wall is the only thing separating us from the big China Sea....I love to read all of the graffiti....

My boys looking out into the big blue sea. The Pacific Ocean is on the other side of the island, where we live.

He's just so cute. I had to close with this face!