Posts Tagged ‘a new life’

I wrote the below post a while ago, but I finally found an internet connection and am able to post it. It has been about 4 days since we originally moved into the apartment and we absolutely love it. The dogs are quite, the view is great, and the ocean is close. Not to mention the rent is also cheap. We pretty much have it all cleaned and setup so it feels like our home. After living here for a week, it’s hard to believe I ever worried about leaving it all behind. If you haven’t read the first two posts you can find them here: Starting a New Life and Day 2 in Miyakojima: Finding an Apartment and Other Advice for Moving to a New Area. (The above picture is a 15 minute walk from our apartment).

Day 3 starts from here:

“After a full day of looking at apartments, we were unable to find anything as good as the one we found the first day with the dog. So we decided to go and look at it one more time and found it was even better than we thought. It had more storage space (not that we needed it for our 4 suitcases) and it was only a 15 minute walk from the ocean. It was also very quit, so hopefully we don’t hear the dog too much if it barks.

We were able to talk the apartment company into allowing us to move in the following Monday so that will allow us to save a few days of having to stay in a hotel. We were especially eager to get out of the guest house. It was the worst place I have ever stayed. Not only were the rooms not clean, but we had to go outside to use the shower and bathroom. It felt kind of like expensive camping.

Tomorrow we will be moving to a new location and getting a new rental car.”

PS. We found a rental car for a month at a great price and have even got recommendations for places to find a cheap used car.

I would love to hear all your comments so please post away. My internet usage is a little limited, but I will reply as often as I can.

In the process of finding an apartment, car, and the rest of the things we need to start our lives here in Miyakojima, I haven’t had much time to find an internet connection (our current room has none). Luckily, I picked up a rare signal for a little bit and wanted to let everyone know we have found an apartment (pics coming soon) and have managed to rent a car for a month until we get something better.

We move in tomorrow, but it may a little while before I can connect to the internet. I will post all the details (along with pictures) as soon as it’s available.