Day 23: Waimea Valley waterfall and Don Quixote

Today Gordon and I went to Waimea Valley (our second trip here) to see the waterfall (it closed on us the last time we went). It was a two hours bus ride there (the Northshore area) and two hours back home. We went to AAA BBQ (a restaurant connected to Don Quixote super market) for dinner. Gordon had a plate lunch and I had two bbq cheese burger with a large raspberry ice tea. These pictures were the best I could do without an LCD screen and view finder.

Day 22: Roommates left and laundry and Ross and catch up on blog entries

Woke up at 5:20am because Mary and Sopha had to be out of here at 6am to catch their shuttle to the airport. Their flight was at 7:30am. These two pictures are all I dare to take with my water-logged camera.

Gordon and I went back to sleep until 10:30, then we did laundry and ate breakfast (I had leftover Chili's and Gordon bought a pork plate lunch).

We stayed in the room until ~4pm, at which time we headed off for Ala Moana beach. We were harassed by 2 homeless/drunk people on the walk there, but other than that, it was a nice beach day (a little on the colder side since we took off so late). Neither of us went in the water, but we both had a nice relaxing lay-in-the-sand experience.

We went to Ross afterward to return some really crappy speakers that Gordon bought earlier in our trip. No trouble there.

Had a burrito for dinner while Gordon ate from Curry House.

Then it was back to the hotel to catch up on my blogging, work on logistics (where to stay for the last 3 days of our trip), and sketch out a plan for the rest of the week.

Day 21: McDonalds breakfast and Ala Moana beach and Ross and Don Quixote and watched the sunset

Today started a little later than normal. We got out at 10am and went for a McDonalds breakfast (The other 3 had a stomach ache from yesterday's $1 breakfast).

Then it was back to the hotel to get ready for a beach day at Ala Moana beach. Mary bought an innertube/lifesaver from an ABC store.


It was a nice day to be at the beach (though only the super shallow parts of the water were clear, and it was a little windy).


We got hungry and took off for the Ala Moana mall's food court. Gordon and I had Curry House while Mary and Sopha ate Steak and Fish Company.


After filling our bellies, we went to Ross and Don Quixote super market. Gordon bought a shirt and Sopha bought a pair of shoes from Ross. Then Mary and Sopha had fish waffle from a shop connected to Don Quixote.


Afterward, it was back to Ala Moana beach to catch the sunset.

This was another beautiful evening. It was cool because a group of 3 FOB couples sat right next to our group (also there to check out the sunset).

Bad part of today... water went into my camera's LCD screen and now it's not working (only white light when I turn it on). Oh well, worth it. I'll try to read some forums later to see if it can be fixed at home. If not, hopefully it's still under warrenty. It still takes pictures, the only problem is I can't see what I'm aiming at (only an LCD screen, no manual viewing hole). So this probably means no more pictures for the rest of our Hawaii trip.