Blogs from Hawaii, United States, North America - page 163

I arrived in Hawaii after 30 odd hours since my last sleep thanks to a full day in Sydney that ended in a 7 hour wait at the airport and a 9 hour flight to Hawaii where I was seated beside the screaming baby section. I think it was revenge of the booker because I requested an isle seat after she had already printed my ticket. Note to self. I was too exhausted to be intimidated by US customs but I was rather annoyed that they couldn’t understand why I was travelling to Hawaii on my own with no one to meet me at the other end. I decided this was not the time to start a feminist battle about how young women are actually capable of doing things on their own....pick your battles - I’m ... read more

We arrived at our host’s place in Hilo in the midst of a couchsurfing party where we met a bunch of great local people. On top of our “To Do” list for the Big Island was the Volcanoes National Park. Here we saw the remnants of lava flows that have shaped and continue to shape the landscape of the island. Seeing the toxic plume bellow out of a new hole in the Halema‘uma‘u Crater and lava splash into the air, against the black of the night as it flows into the ocean is quite amazing. And thankfully we didn’t have to contend with too much ‘vog’. After a couple of days we went to stay with another CSing member who resided atop a hill with a magnificent view out over the town and the ocean. Our ... read more

Yo yo yo! Just an update on how things are going over here unfortunatly no photos to post yet...well there are photos, I went totally camera happy over in Hawaii! near on 200 shots and not just all of me! Hawaii was kick ass, so beautiful we absolutly loved it there def going back at some stage. We stayed in the one spot in Honolulu called Waikiki we were about a 5 min walk from the beach which was handy. Almost puts me in mind of Bali where everything is open late and parties all the time. We hit it hard the first 3 nights as we were still getting used to the time difference which was something like 18 hours behind OZ? So we got 2 Saturdays which was cool! First night we hit a ... read more

Aloha! This is a lil blog i am doing as i leave the island of Oahu! I have spent so much time here its going to be shocking to leave. I spent this last day furiously packing the remainder of my stuffs and shoving it into suitcases. After a sad goodbye to Nathaniel this am as he left for work, I continued to pack up the remainder of what was my life here. Took some time and met up with Gayle for one iced mocha to start the day. We got to spend some time chatting over coffee. 1130 I leave my condo for the airport. Of course there is choke traffic in Ewa from all the construction that is going on, on Fort Weaver and on Geiger. I make it to the airport and check ... read more

We flew into spectacular Honalulu and spent 3 fabulous days being hosted by Yoni. His place was in the heart of Waikiki and just minutes walk to all the beaches. The downtown area was beautiful and the beaches were what postcards were made of. After a strenuous hike up through old military tunnels, bunkers and steep staircases we reached the summit of Diamond Head (which is dormant volcano.) The reward was a stunning view of Waikiki, downtown Honalulu and an aerial view of the reef extending into the turquoise coloured ocean. Any trip to Hawaii would not be complete without learning to surf. We did this on Waikiki beach and it was the first time Hayley or I had ever successfully surfed in our lives, albeit ungracefully. We also took the time out to visit the ... read more