Aloha Hawaii : Part Two

Today I woke up early, around 8:30. But Lindsay wasn't having it. So I went back to bed for an hour. I got up again and exercised a bit until Lindsay was up and moving.

We went out to the ocean. Which is literally across the street. It's kind of rocky around the coast, but we moved from sandy patch to sandy patch until we were out pretty far. Farther than anyone else except the surfers. The sun is scalding. I'm not burned or anything, since I doused myself in suntan lotion, but I could feel it beating down on me.

After a while we came back and showered. We went out exploring, and eventually ended up at a Japanese place for lunch. I already knew it, but Hawaii is like Japanese travel destination #1. So everything is in two languages: english and japanese. Needless to say, there are a ton of Japanese restaurants.


me, exploring a huge effin' tree.


lindsay rides the shuttle and thinks really hard.


Diamond Head Crater.

We hopped a shuttle to Diamond Head Crater, and climbed the mountain there. It was awesome. We saw some wildlife, mainly birds and a feral cat, and the environment was nothing short of spectacular. It's better told through photos, I guess:


lindsay prepares for the journey.


journey preparation is cut short by a photo-op.


F-yes i'm ready for a light hike.


lost already? no, just admiring the scene.


we start upwards.


getting there...


rough terrain.


you can really tell it's a crater from this side (maybe not so much from this picture...).


it's getting high enough to be windy.


coastal village? maybe. don't ask me...


honolulu.


lindsay entering a long tunnel that goes straight through the crater wall.


this is crazy, yo!


cue 80's style triple-take.


an ant-sized light house?


looking at waikiki beach from the top of the crater.

We made it back down just in time to catch the last shuttle back to town. If we would have missed it, it would have been a long walk... But we did get to hang around long enough to see a bunch of cocky Brazilian people get fined for trespassing.


the less-exciting hike back to the shuttle pick-up point.

When we got back I was ridiculously tired, but we cleaned up a bit and went out for some food. The place we went was nice, but today was Elvis' 74th birthday, so everyone was dressed like Elvis. It was distracting.

I am so tired I can't stand it.