08:00 wake up and eating a small breakfast consisting of meatballs and rice from the Konbini.
09:30 returning the rental car and hastily grabbing our reserved ticket for the 10:00 ferry ride to the Tokashiki port at the Kerama islands. We had some last minute panic moments since we did not find the ticket booth at first sight but eventually managed to get our reserved tickets. The ferry was quite cramped and there was only little space on the first deck’s room however even though a bit uncomfortable it was a nice feeling to just lie down while the ship sways gently from left to right.
11:00 arrived at the port in Tokashiki. We are getting picked up by our hotel following a short 30 minutes shuttle bus ride. It seems like we got the dormitory room for ourselves tonight and in general seemed to be the only guests at the hotel (?).
12:00 after unpacking and some fine lunch we were finally getting ready for beach action.
14:00 some emotional Rollercoaster right there: It seems like I forgot my wallet at the last hostel which i was not aware of until the staff actually contacted me. As seen later nothing was stolen from it. Still i had to lock my credit card. Right after locking the credit card there appeared some unknown negative transaction. In hindsight it was just a balancing transaction to transfer money from my old to my new credit card but it was still a shocker.
The snorkeling tour guide was full and not even possible to reserve online, so alternatively our plan for today was to go kayaking to a nearby island and try out snorkeling by ourselves over there. Kayaking was quite fun but as one would have guessed tiring. We effectively only did it for 30 minutes anyway just o get to the nearby island and back. The island had a fantastic rocky mountainish surface to explore and climb. Surprisingly although some stone surfaces were extremely hot other surfaces were on the contrary quite cold. With the crystal blue and clean water we were also able to enjoy some snorkeling. To be honest I was not too excited by the whole snorkeling sports thing but the 30 minutes we actually did do this was super interesting and game changing for me.
19:00 sunset at the nearby observatory and dinner. After it gets dark nothing is really going on anymore.
