Saturday, September 3, 2011

{Zakimi Castle and Maeda Flats}

Today we decided to go check out some more stuff on the island. There are lots of beaches and lots of castles. So, we went and did both! :)

We went to Maeda Flats. It's a BEAUTIFUL beach. This picture is part of the beach. It's like having your own private beach. It's so cool.
This is another part of the beach we were at...
The boys snorkeling. They loved it.

Shane and I brought our snorkeling gear too. We took turns snorkeling and enjoyed taking pictures. There were TONS of Urchins everywhere. This was pretty shallow area so we had to be careful.
This is an area where lots of fish were hanging out.
Lots of cool fish.
If you look down you can see some scuba divers. and if you look UP you can see those long skinny fish. Those fish were really long and and really skinny. There were tons of them just hanging out at the top of the water ALL around me. It was so cool.

More of our beach area.

The boys saw a tiny little crab...not a hermit crab, but a real crab. It was small though. And they were able to see a bunch of small fish all feeding on some food.

Maeda Flats. Loved it here. Shane and I really want to be able to go out for a WHOLE day to go do some snorkeling together and to just do whatever we want. Hopefully, if we can find a sitter for the whole day, we will go out next saturday snorkeling together.
The pathway to get to Maeda beach. Really, it was beautiful.
Here we are at Zakimi Castle ruins. We stopped here on our way to Maeda Flats.

The view from the top of Zakimi Castle...

Inside Zakimi Castle...


Gavin look EXTRA happy in this picture! :)
Took a beautiful walk around part of the castle.... We saw the weirdest flying bug. It was huge and i don't know what it was. I kept walking while they looked at it. I didn't want to get attacked by the flying bug....more like a flying bird.
Another view of the ocean from the top of Zakimi Castle....

The front and entrance to Zakimi Castle...

3 comments:

The JL McGregor Family said...

Oh man Ashlee these pictures are gorgeous! Joe and I are looking at them in awe. What a fabulous experience you and your family are having!

H.Cook said...

SOOO fun! I'm jealous.

Mandi Kay said...

Duuuuudddeee!!!!!! You guys live in the coolest place in the world!!!!!