Posted on 28 January 2008.
CONTRIBUTED BY LAN Good morning, Okinawa Hai! readers! One of our own, Kimberly, has submitted a very good question for us all to ponder: Does anyone know how/where to rent a van here? My family is coming in a couple weeks and since we bought the smallest cars in the history of the world, we’ll [...]
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Posted on 14 June 2007.
CONTRIBUTED BY MEREDITH NOVARIO There was much sweating involved in getting my driver's license here. Aside from the relentless heat which made me cry at least twice, I was cast backwards in time to my school days when tests happened. Written tests. Tests with grades. Tests you could FAIL. And I was afraid to fail [...]
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Posted on 05 April 2007.
CONTRIBUTED BY CHUNWe recently went on a trip to Taiwan and parked at Naha Airport. The airport is south on 58 for about 40-50 minutes from Foster. I know, it was expensive and cost us 2200 yen per day and 1200 yen per additional day. As with most things, I blame my wife because we [...]
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Posted on 31 March 2007.
tijger-sr. 8645, originally uploaded by nils ♫. CONTRIBUTED BY JULIE So my husband cranked up our van one chilly morning only to have it make the most awful racket you have ever heard in your life. The engine continued running, but kept making a noise like a belt was loose. He went about his business [...]
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Posted on 31 March 2007.
CONTRIBUTED BY MEREDITH NOVARIO You'll need wheels so let's swap stories about where and why and how much it cost and how happy we have been through it all. I'll go first. We bought both our cars at Payless Motors near Kadena Gate 2. We chose Payless because our sponsor bought his car there. They [...]
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