Al wrote:
> Dan Rempel <drempel@islandnet.com> wrote:
>> Should have been more specific: thinking of coming sorta
>> March/April-ish.
>
> There should be something happening then, i'll check and let you know...

Thanks; that'd be great.

>> As for cold---relative term I guess. Naha is
>> forecasting highs in the 20s (almost 70 in your Earth units); we've got
>> highs of 10, going down to 1 or 2 on the weekend.
>
> Right. When it's getting down to 20 degrees here everybody cries COLD,
> but i am in shorts and t-shirts. Over Christmas and New Year's, when i
> was on Ishigaki Island where the beach is close by, i went swimming
> every day - and 18 degrees was the coldest day during that time (not
> cold enough to keep me out of the water). The other day it went down to
> 16 degrees, and that warranted an article in the newspaper. Life sure is
> tough in the south...!

Ishigaki-shima is where I'm headed (a friend's relatives have a minshuku
there), where I intend to firm up my 変な外人 status by doing the same
shorts and t-shirts thing, even if it does go down to 15 at night.

Dan

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