by Gordon Webster | Jan 12, 2026 | 2025-26 Okinawa and the South-Western Islands |
Gordon: Our guidebook says “If you visit only one of the Yaeyama islands (the islands of the Ishigaki group) make it Iriomote. This is where the wild things roam”. An invitation like that cannot be ignored, so we are spending most of a...
by Gordon Webster | Jan 7, 2026 | 2025-26 Okinawa and the South-Western Islands |
Gord tried the goat sashimi but I stuck with the beef. The beautiful North peninsula! January 5, 2026 – near Hirara, Miyakojima to Shiraho Beach, Ishigaki – 25 kms – Plus Life Shiraho January 6, 2026 – Shiraho Beach – 51 km...
by Gordon Webster | Dec 27, 2025 | 2025-26 Okinawa and the South-Western Islands |
December 26, 2025 – Naha, Okinawa to Miyakojima – 11 kms – Hotel Pink Hibiscus December 27, 2025 – day ride from Miyakojima to Irabujima and Shimojishima – 47 kms – Hotel Pink Hibiscus – total distance cycled: 631 kms –...
by Gordon Webster | Dec 19, 2025 | 2025-26 Okinawa and the South-Western Islands |
December 18, 2025: Motobu to Kunigami – 48 kms – Okuma Beach Resort December 19, 2025: Kunigami to Ada – 55 kms – Ada Garden Hotel – December 20, 2025 – near Ada – Rain day, no riding – Ada Garden Hotel –...
by Gordon Webster | Dec 17, 2025 | 2025-26 Okinawa and the South-Western Islands |
December 13, 2025 – Kumejima to Onna, Okinawa – 41 kms – Best Western Okinawa Onna Beach December 14, 2025 – Onna to Kouki Beach – 30 kms – Best Western Okinawa Kouki Beach December 15, 2025 – Kouki Beach to Motobu – 35...