Josh and I went to Hawaii this past week, just for fun. We saw a good deal on flights, had a lot of reward points on our credit card and decided to use them up for a trip. Josh's parents watched the kids the first couple days and then passed them off onto my parents for the last half. It was a great vaca.
Our hotel:
Day 1: Ate breakfast on the beach (crepes, our favorite)
Rented scooters and rode around Waikiki
Josh's delicious lunch. Love the umbrella
Rode the scooters up to this beautiful garden. The mountains and greenery there are so amazing
That afternoon we went parasailing. It was the first time for both of us. It was a 300 ft line, which really wasn't bad. It wasn't nearly as scary as I thought it was going to be, it was quite relaxing at the top and fun to look out over Waikiki
Day 2: Scuba Diving in the morning/afternoon. It was our first "real" dive besides our training dives and it was fun. The water was colder than expected and there weren't as many fish as I thought there would be but we still saw plenty and enjoyed the dive.
I made sure my "dive buddy" wasn't going anywhere and made him hold my hand, ha
Saw an eel coming out of the coral
Hard to read, but the instructor wrote Aloha on the rock and had us hold it up
Puffer Fish
Between the first and second dive I got really sick on the boat so I chose not to go out, but of course was the cooler of the two dives because they saw FOUR turtles, so lucky. They got super close to them too. I had seen turtles before when I lived in Hawaii, so I was glad Josh got to see them too, but wished I had felt better we could see them together.
Baby turtle!
Our view from the hotel balcony. Ahh....love it
Day 3: Breakfast at the hotel, overlooking the beach across the street
On our way up to the north shore to go to the PCC we stopped at a few beaches. One was turtle bay
Awesome bird on the lawn as we were leaving Turtle Bay
Stopped at one of my favorite beaches, Waimea Bay. When I lived in Hawaii this was a super calm flat beach and this time the waves were so huge the lifeguard didn't let anyone get anywhere near the water. We sat and watched the waves for a little while.
Drove by the temple and the BYU campus and showed Josh where I lived.
The rest of the afternoon was spent at the Polynesian Cultural Center.
Day 4: Our last day. We drove around the island and stopped at Haliewa which is a cute little surf town I had went to several times before. We stopped at the famous Matsumoto's for shaved ice.
We shopped in Haliewa, has lunch, then returned to Waikiki to eat at Duke's restaurant for dinner.
Our view at Duke's. We also had the hula pie, the famous dessert in Waikiki.
After dinner we walked down Waikiki Beach and enjoyed our last sunset in Hawaii together.
Beautiful!
It was a great trip and we already can't wait to go on another one. Maybe the Caribbean next time?
