Surfing in the USA
Hawaii really is heaven on earth. Having no poisonous animals or predators, everyone is so chilled out that even the holly has lost its thorns and mint has lost its smell and taste. Beaches are sandy, water is crystal clear, surf is high and even the US homland security agents are smiley. If that is not heaven then we don't know what is. Well, our view could have been somewhat tainted by firstly being upgraded to first class on the flight from LA, then our rental car was upgraded to a convertible chevy. It was a good start. And it did start with a BANG. We arrived just in time for the 4th July fireworks over the bay. All in all, no so shabby, but would have been perfect if we could have just bought a beer or two on the beach.
We were a bit taken aback by Waikiki and Honolulu as we didn't expect such concrete highrises and urban jungle on a small island, so we didn't spend that much time there opting instead to head to the North Shore to surf with 'Uncle Bryan' and surf we did!! We even have the DVD to prove it. Other then surfing we drove around O'ahu and we think it is an underappreciated island as the drive was absolutely stunning. Together with the surf of the North Shore it is definately worth a visit.
After a few days of surfing we hopped on an Aloha Air plane heading to the Big Island, the real Hawaii. The Big Island has many things to offer not least of which is one of the most active volcanos in the world but we also managed to score ourselves a fantastic little appartment on the magic sands beach in Kona. Whilst drinking our morning coffee on our Lanai (hawaii speak for a balcony, brah) we watched colourful tropical fish, turtles and even a pod of dolphins swim by.
It's a pretty cool island, half of which is covered in a dark crusted lava and the other is still bubbling. Well not quite. Lots of thick forest, ranches, secret waterfalls and black sand beaches are about. One of the coolest things we did was to walk through the middle of the volcanic crater with the steam spirting up, like a scene from a sci-fi movie.
We were very sad to say aloha to Hawaii but we look forward to sayin aloha to it again very soon. Next stop Jakarta with a one night stopover in Japan. We take away many good memories and a really good tan.
We were a bit taken aback by Waikiki and Honolulu as we didn't expect such concrete highrises and urban jungle on a small island, so we didn't spend that much time there opting instead to head to the North Shore to surf with 'Uncle Bryan' and surf we did!! We even have the DVD to prove it. Other then surfing we drove around O'ahu and we think it is an underappreciated island as the drive was absolutely stunning. Together with the surf of the North Shore it is definately worth a visit.
After a few days of surfing we hopped on an Aloha Air plane heading to the Big Island, the real Hawaii. The Big Island has many things to offer not least of which is one of the most active volcanos in the world but we also managed to score ourselves a fantastic little appartment on the magic sands beach in Kona. Whilst drinking our morning coffee on our Lanai (hawaii speak for a balcony, brah) we watched colourful tropical fish, turtles and even a pod of dolphins swim by.
It's a pretty cool island, half of which is covered in a dark crusted lava and the other is still bubbling. Well not quite. Lots of thick forest, ranches, secret waterfalls and black sand beaches are about. One of the coolest things we did was to walk through the middle of the volcanic crater with the steam spirting up, like a scene from a sci-fi movie.
We were very sad to say aloha to Hawaii but we look forward to sayin aloha to it again very soon. Next stop Jakarta with a one night stopover in Japan. We take away many good memories and a really good tan.
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