Finally dragged my butt out of bed around 8:30 am after that crazy night. I got dressed and then caught a bus over to diamond head. It’s a bit of a walk from the bus stop to the start of the actual hike. I paid my $1 entry fee into the park and then ate my breakfast. It was SO HOT on the hike. I was just drenched in sweat. It’s not a very hard hike, takes about 1.5 hours round trip. There are switchbacks all the way up the crater. You have to climb a ton of stairs and then go through a tunnel before climbing more stairs and then climbing up an army bunker. Finally at the top you can walk around a little area. The view is AMAZING though. You can see Waikiki ... read more

An early pick up of 8:15am for my tour this morning. I hopped on a huge motor coach bus that went all around Waikiki picking up other passengers. Finally we were on our way. Our bus driver's name was Ileo which we learnt meant Dog in english haha. But we all just called him Leo. Super funny Hawaiian guy. He had a ton of jokes and stories that were actually funny. Our first stop was to overlook Hanauma Bay. This is were some good snorkeling is but big lineups to get in as it's a conservation area. Next up was Halona Blowhole which is just a bunch of rocks where the water comes in and it blows out a hole in the rock. Pretty cool but nothing spectacular. Then we drove all the way up to ... read more

So Jenny (german girl from my hostel room) and I got up early to catch the bus to the North shore. Grabbed some breakfast at the ABC store and then we were on our way. Our first stop was Kualoa ranch where a ton of movies have been filmed. We bought our tickets to do the movie ranch tour. 2 american girls and us were all that was on the tour so it was good. We got to see a bunker that gets used in the tv show Lost and was used in Pearl Harbour. We stopped at a ton of other locations in the ranch used in movies such as: Jurassic Park Windtalkers Godzilla Pearl Harbour You me and Dupree Mighty Joe Young 50 First Dates Blue Hawaii and Lost We actually got to stand ... read more

Had another going away party out at Jameson's Pub to say bye to friends and some family. It was a fun night and I made up a quiz and divided everyone up into 2 teams and there was a ton of cheating going on haha but it was fun! I will miss each and every person that was there that night and I'm so happy that I got to see you guys before I left! Love to all of you!!!... read more

After a couple of hours of decorating in the sunshine and then a stupid rain shower I was ready for family to come over for a backyard bbq to say goodbye to me. It was a really great time and some relatives all the way from Saskatchewan were able to make it for my party! The theme was obviously Hawaii, NZ and OZ inspired. I had an inflatable palm tree up as well as an 8 foot tall hanging palm tree up. It was big potluck deal so everyone brought food inspired from those 3 countries. The food was AMAZING!!! We had some watermelon and feta, bacon wrapped pineapple, Aaron's "shrimp on a barbie" skewers, an amazing salad with pineapple and macadamia nuts, an aussie rice salad, a hawaiin pizza, lamb meat pie, cheesy potatoes, ham, ... read more