Screen name: 
Hometown: 
Ravena, New York
Currently in: 
Okinawa, Japan
 
Traveling Next: 
Around Okinawa; all of it.
Favorite places I've been: 
Panama, Viet Nam, Philippines, S.Korea, Guam, Taiwan, Somalia, Kyushu, Osaka, Sapporo, Tokyo

Places I want to go to: 
The rest of the islands in the Ryukyu chain.

 
About me: 
Wildlife is my specialty, but culture, festivals and historical photography to help promote tourism are also in my bag of tricks. Published in a dozen magazines and working on more and owe alot to the folks I've met, right here, at Matador.

 
 
 
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by Andrea Smith | 2010/01/24

Hey! Thanks!!

Andrea Smith
www.andreasmith-photography.com

by Ryukyu Mike | 2010/01/23

Hey,
Thank you all. Never check my mail here I guess I'll try and get back by Feb 14th and wish everyone a Happy Lunar New Year !

Cheers,
Mike

by Traveleze | 2010/01/23

You are a great photographer. Give lot of inspiration. Keep post!

by XtremXpert | 2010/01/23

Yeah, I like the now photo too:)

By Ryukyu Mike  |  Location: Japan  |  07/28/09  |  Pics: 1

It was a year ago today, but the memory sticks with me as if it just happened five minutes ago.  This is the spider I saw and captured with my camera.  I saw hundreds of them in the jungle that day as I explored the trails around ancient castle ruins in Okinawa, Japan.

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By Ryukyu Mike  |  Location: Japan  |  07/02/09  |  Pics: 1

On and off over the years I've had some experiences teaching English in Japan.  I see questions about it from members here at Matador and today, got Tweeted or Twittered, or whatever the hell you call it, so decided it's time to put my two cents worth on paper.

There are laws, actually written...

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By Ryukyu Mike  |  Location: Japan  |  05/28/09  |  Pics: 1

Everybody loves finding money, right ?  You hear of the kid who found a wad of hundred dollar bills or the honest trash collector turning in a few grand to the police and getting rewards, at least once a month, back in the States.

The picture I'm posting shows what's the best thing to do when you...

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