Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Our Own Episode of LOST

In case you did not know, the television show LOST is filmed on the island and some friends took us to one of the beaches where it had been filmed and we recorded our own episode. We had torches that lit our way through the jungle and when we got to the shore many of the guys practiced their fire blowing skills. We spent the night listening to the guys play the guitar and finding little creatures in the sand. It was quite entertaining. As good as it was, I don't think you will be seeing our episode on TV anytime soon.







The Dole Plantation


The Dole Plantation is about an hour bus ride from our house. We had some extra time last Friday and decided to check it out. We walked around the gardens and learned a lot about pineapples for instance: pineapples grow out of the ground, not on a trees.(Just in case you were wondering) and got to see some of the smallest pineapples ever. We also got to watch how to properly slice a pineapple and then got to taste it. Many of the attractions were an extra charge and we did not feel they were really worth it but we took advantage of the free stuff:)


Hike to Diamond Head

While on the plane on our way over here we created a list of things that we would like to do before we headed back home. There were quite a few activities and attractions on the list and one by one we have been checking them off. One item was to hike Diamond Head Crater. So last Thursday we hopped on the bus and headed into town. The weather had been pretty mild all week and of course the day we chose to hike was a scorcher. We entered the crater and it was a desert, so different from the rest of the island. The hike was not that long, only about .8 miles one way but the incline was unreal. We were making jokes at all the people coming back down the mountain who were drenched in sweat. Little did we know what we were in for. We made it halfway up and all of us were soaked in our own sweat. Really attractive I know. We decided the view from up there was worth the effort and the breeze at the top was not bad either.








50 First Dates?

So for any of you who have seen the movie 50 First Dates you know of a place called the Houkilou Cafe. Well this place actually exists and we went there last week for breakfast. The place was incredible.

We had been told of the amazing banana pancakes(made famous by Jack Johnson who by the way grew up here in Hawaii if you did not know) and each had a stack. I would have to say we were all very impressed.

Sunday, May 11, 2008

Playing Catch Up

A little disclaimer, this may be a lengthy post.

We have been pretty busy lately and have seemed to neglect the blog a little bit. We have been doing a ton of random stuff lately and just been enjoying ourselves. So here is a little recap. We went with our room mate Claire to Turtle Bay to watch her surf. All the beaches in Hawaii are public access but the resort itself is pretty exclusive. The resort is amazing and apparently Chelce, Mindy and I all still look like tourists because we walked the grounds and even sat by the pool for a while and no one questioned us:)



We have met a lot of new people here and last week a couple of our friends took us in to Waikiki to show us around and take us out to dinner.




There is also the cutest little surfer town called Haliewa and we made the bus trip into town on Saturday. There were a ton of fun shops and the BEST shaved ice I have ever had. This town also has some of the best places to eat. When we first got here our room mate took us there to have dinner at Haliewa Eats. The best Thai food around:)

This weekend we decided to try somewhere new and went to Cholos and again we were not disappointed.



Also we just wanted to give a shout out to The MOMs. We are all so lucky to have such great mothers and grandmothers. We miss you guys and love you lots. Hope you had a great day.

Sunday, May 4, 2008

Waikiki Weekend



We started our day off with a nice long bus trip into town. Man we love the bus! After pampering ourselves at the 4 story mall we baked our bods real good in the beautiful Waikiki sun. After a semi hecktic week it was really nice to relax in the sun and water. We made a pit stop at Bubba Gump's Shrimp House for a nice dinner and desert, delicious! It was a great trip and we plan on making it again soon.