Did that shameless advertising work? What I’m really after is info on Okinawa as a visa run destination.
I went to Naha City, Okinawa, for a visa run last year. It was a nice change from the big cities of Hong Kong and Bangkok. Naha is a small, orderly and you can actually fill your lungs with clean air. The airport is just 10-15 minutes from the city center, and the Taiwan visa-issuing office is just a few minutes’ walk from the main street.
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Last time I checked, China Airlines had two daily flights from Taipei, 8:15 am and 4:50 pm, return flights from Naha, at 11:00 am and 7:50 pm. The flight takes just over an hour.
Insert another reference to sex to keep people reading; Japanese girls like getting their gear off with hairy bastards from New Zealand.
Taiwan’s defacto consulate keeps the following office hours; Monday to Friday, 9:00 - 12:00 and 1:00 - 5:00, but applying for a visa is restricted to 9:00 - 12:00 and 1:00 - 3:00. Watch out for holidays - it takes Japanese holidays too. I got caught out (on a bloody Friday) and had to stay an extra two nights!! Ahh!
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I stayed at the centrally-located Naha Grand Hotel which cost 6,000 a night for a single room. Can anyone suggest another hotel - cheaper or at least better value?
I’m considering going back to Okinawa but I’m too cheap to buy the Lonely Planet guide for Japan when I’m only going to use a couple of pages of it. How about this for a deal - send me photocopied pages (or scanned) of the L.P. section about Okinawa and I’ll (if you are living in Taiwan) send you 2 copies of the book, Formosan Odyssey.
