Out guide was named Winnie, and he was a really nice dude. We got right down to business, going over some positions on the beach. It took about 2 minutes, and then we started paddling out. Within about two waves, we were standing and riding waves. Within 5, we could both ride them to their end, probably 100 feet or so. Not every time, but we were totally doing it.
It was awesome. We'd get up on a wave, fall (or once in a while, manage to get back down on the board), paddle back out to our instructor and do it again. Over and over. It was a big work out, because we were going as fast as possible, no breaks, no rest, just go go go. It was a blast.
After that we were pretty tired. We got some food on a roof-top restaurant, and then got a HUGE bubble tea. We walked down the beach to a local aquarium that was near our hotel. We passed through an area with some big, crazy ass trees...
the roots drop down from the branches as the tree expands outwards.
hey you big, crazy tree!
i'm sure the tree loves this...
finally, emerging at the aquarium.
emerging with less awe.
We went to an Aquarium that was just a walk down the beach. It was small, but they had some cool stuff. We took a lot of photos, but I will just post one, since this isn't a biology lesson.
whoa! a peanut butter fish! j/k. it's a jellyfish.
We were so tired by the end we just went straight back to take a nap. After this week, we were painfully tired.
When we woke up we walked for a long time. Lindsay bought some stuff, and we got some awesome, awesome Thai food. Then we had a long walk home. We walked along the beach because we were looking for a certain ship, but couldn't find it. It might sound romantic to walk along a moon-lit Hawaiian beach with your fiance, but Lindsay was pretty unhappy to have to empty the sand out of her shoe every 5 minutes...
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