Livin' it up in Okinawa

Tuesday, September 19, 2006

This past weekend I got to visit Guam thanks to the latest typhoon
Shanshan which passed close to Okinawa. It's a US territory but with all the Japanese tourists it feels like you're still in Okinawa. It was still nice to catch up on American things we don't have here like Wendy's, TV commercials, or the lastest movies. The military bases on Okinawa have just about every fast food joint except Wendy's. So I had to eat dinner there once. Our TV is not regular cable...it's called the Armed Forces Network. There are no commercials because the military doesn't pay for it...they put together the most popular programming including sports and replace the commercials with local public service announcement stuff that gets old fast.

My favorite restaraunt at Guam is easily
Stanlee's
. It's a liquor store slash sandwich shop slash ice cream shop. The guy is from Australia and his store carries a good selection of down under beer...no Foster's by the way. My favorites are Castlemaine XXXX lager
and Hahn premium lager.

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