Yay for new cars... well, new to us anyway!

Okie dokie... so here are our new cars and you cannot laugh, everything in this country is small from the people, to the cars they drive. It's mostly because the roads are barely big enough to be considered a one-way by US standards, but seem to be big enough to be considered a two-way here!

Mine is the green one. It's called a Helix Surf, which is basically a Toyota 4-runner, and Mike's is the little white thing. It's called a Nissan Cube. They are both really popular on the island. My surf is pretty huge for island standards and cannot really fit into parking spots off base, but we got's two huge poochies that will not fit easily into the cube, and we like camping so we thought it would be a good idea to have at least one bigger vehicle. Plus, if you all come visit us, we need to be able to pick your fannies up at the airport. So feel special... we bought a car just for you guys!

So the big question I get is... what's it like driving on the other side of the road! It's kind of crazy! Not to mention that our steering wheels are on the opposite side too! Actually, everything is opposite! Our wiper blade control is on the left, so every time you go to signal, you end up doing what they call the "Okinawa Wave" with your windshield wipers, haha! Also, the signal is on the right side, and to turn left up go up, and right is down... which is also the opposite! It takes quite a bit to get used to, but we're getting better. Plus, every time you back up, it beeps at you like you've got some wide load coming thru... I don't quite understand that one...

So far, my only driving mishap (knock on wood) was when I was trying to turn onto a major 4-lane divided highway from a side street and almost went down the wrong side of the road! Thank goodness Mike so nicely reminded me that I needed to stop ASAP and get on the left side of the hughway before it was too late. And by nicely, I mean he kinda grabbed the dashboard and screamed, "Wrong side, wrong side!" haha... I'm apparently just as bad of a driver here as in the states!

I'll take pics from the inside of the car so you can see how crazy the steering wheels are too, but I'm having a bit of a camera malfunction at the moment. My brand new camera is broken so no pics for just a little bit till I take care of this little "situation." Until then... Sionara!