Omg this place is gorgeous! Especially when we traveled to the north side of the island, which is about as far as we've gone, through the mountains and by the coast. I'll have pictures on facebook sometime.
When we first got here it was mostly all work and no play. We had to find a car as soon as possible so we didn't have to pay for those expensive rental cars. On the third day we gave up trying to find a cheapcheap car and got one of the first cars we looked at which was by no means cheap- a 05 black cherry special edition Shinka RX8, that was still in our price range. Beautiful car and definitely no buyers remorse.
We also needed a house so after taking a look at the military housing available, we decided it was the only way to go because the houses here are pretty shitty unless you're rich. The house we're going to accept tomorrow is a large 3 bedroom house with 2 1/2 bathrooms and a garage and it's so pretty! The only thing I don't like is the floors which they put down because they're cheap and easy to clean- linoleum that looks like sticker tiles and looks like it belongs in a hospital or a old person's home. Ew! Surely there was a better looking alternative. But we'll put rugs down.

Bah! I feel spoiled. Nice house, nice car. Also we're staying at the hilton resort.
I'm going to steal this bed.

I've had so much japanese food in the past few days... of course it's everywhere lol. It amuses me when they ask at the restaurant if we need a fork... and back at home they ask if we want chopsticks. Lolz.