We then hit the sample room, which was out of control! There were free samples of EVERYTHING pineapple – three kinds of pineapple wine, many kinds of pineapple cake, pineapple juice, fresh pineapple, canned pineapple, dried pineapple, pineapple chocolate (white and milk), pineapple cookies, and I don’t know what else! Of course everything was for sale, including pineapple perfume!After gorging on pineapple treats at Pineapple Park, we decided to walk to our next destination, a short “2 kilometers” away. Those were the longest 2 kilometers we’ve ever walked, and most of it was uphill! We did finally make it to Goya Park! (Goya is a bitter melon, a traditional Okinawan food.) In the greenhouse there, we saw many kinds of goya, and I learned a new trick. To avoid being served goya tea, I carried around a half finished bottle of Pepsi. When it was offered, I just smiled my sweetest smile and pointed to the soda and said “Co-ra” (cola)! It worked, and I made sure to keep a bottle of soda handy the rest of the trip!
After Goya Park, we kept walking uphill to Yanbaru Botanical Garden. It was, however, less botanical garden, and more overgrown jungle (like another scene from Jurassic Park).
The brochure showed many beautiful butterflies. This was the only one we saw… cleverly disguised as a brown leaf. 
There were lots of these strange flowers (they were also in my new years ikebana arrangement, so I’m curious what they’re called. If anyone knows, please post a comment). 
Our last site that day was the ruins of Nakijin castle. There wasn’t much to see there, but we may have missed half of it. We couldn’t really tell where the route went and by this point we were pretty exhausted from all the walking.
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