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Mouth of Maira River (マイラ川) before sunrise, short drive from the main town of Ohara. Sunrise was about 6:50 am.
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There was this dock where we could get on our kayaks. Maira River, Iriomote.
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Off we go. The water was shallow, but we still wore lifejackets.
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We were on time for the sunrise.
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A few clouds, but the sunrise was getting to be nice.
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We anchored to watch the sunrise.
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Sunrise kayaking on Iriomote, Yaeyama, Okinawa.
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Sunrise kayaking on Iriomote, Yaeyama, Okinawa.
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Sunrise kayaking on Iriomote, Yaeyama, Okinawa.
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Iriomote sunrise at Maira River.
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Our guide was Harubaru, but he doesn't normally do sunrise kayaking unless you ask him to: http://harubaru-iriomote.okinawa/course/
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After the sunrise, we paddled along the mangroves on the river's edge.
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After the sunrise, we paddled along the mangroves on the river's edge.
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Maira River lined with mangroves.
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Lovely morning, too bad we didn't have time to kayak more upstream on Maira River, Iriomote.
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Mouth of Maira River at high tide. The brackish water is quite shallow, no more than 1 or 2 feet deep.
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Mouth of Maira River at low tide when we passed by the day before.
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Mouth of Maira River at low tide when we passed by the day before.
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Maira River, Iriomote.
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Maira River, Iriomote. There's a waterfall upstream, but we didn't have time.
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