This morning we got up early and picked up our beast of a rental car; a Chevrolet Tahoe. We then picked up Laurence, Corey and Kristy (friends we met on the cruise) and took a drive to Hanauma Bay on the south east of the island. The bay is a Nature Preserve and a Marine… Continue reading Hanauma Bay and Lanikai Beach
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Mud Buggies and Waterfall Trip
This morning we got up early to meet our buggy guide Eric on the shore at 6.30am. There were only 6 of us on the trip so we got chatting to the others on the bus quite quickly. We arrived at the buggy station and got changed into cargo trousers, t-shirts, helmets, googles and me… Continue reading Mud Buggies and Waterfall Trip
Zip and Splash Adventure
Today we woke up to the beautiful island of Kauai, the greenest and wettest of the Hawaiian islands. Part of Kauai is actually the wettest place in the world (receiving over 460 inches a year of rain) but it really is a paradise island. We went off for another shore excursion and today it was… Continue reading Zip and Splash Adventure
Molikini Crater Snorkling
We docked overnight in Kahului Harbour, Maui so the sleep was nice and calm! We booked a shore excursion for today so got up early to meet the coach at 8.20am. The excursion was to Molikini Crater; a tiny crescent shaped island 3 miles off the south coast of Maui. We took a short coach… Continue reading Molikini Crater Snorkling
Diamond Head Crater
Diamond Head Crater is a volcanic crater that was created around 150,000 years ago. It sits on the edge of Honolulu, right next to Waikiki beach. Since the base was just 10 minutes by bus from our hotel, we decided to take an early morning hike up to the top. We left about 8:45 and… Continue reading Diamond Head Crater
Outrigging on Waikiki Beach
We woke up this morning to another beautiful day in Honolulu, Hawaii. We grabbed some bodyboards and chairs from the hotel reception and headed over to Waikiki Beach. We spent the morning sunbathing, bodyboarding and watching the pro surfers launch past us! Part of the beach has a wall built across to break the waves… Continue reading Outrigging on Waikiki Beach
Waikiki Beach, Honolulu, Hawaii
We arrived just after lunchtime in Honolulu after a relatively short 4 and a half hour flight from San Francisco. The weather was beautiful – mostly blue skies, with a dash of clouds and the temperature was 28C. After a quick stop at our hotel to drop off our bags, we headed straight for Waikiki… Continue reading Waikiki Beach, Honolulu, Hawaii
Hiking up the Kelso Dunes
We left Arizona this morning with snow on the ground and this afternoon we have been hiking up the Kelso Dunes in the Mojave Desert! We are heading down to San Diego so thought we would break up the drive with a nice hike in the sunshine. Well we starting walking up the dunes but soon… Continue reading Hiking up the Kelso Dunes
Rafting in the Grand Canyon
Wow, what a day… We woke up at 7am, looked out the window and it was snowing! We are in the middle of the Arizona dessert and its snowing, what the hell? Even worse, we had booked white water rafting in the Grand Canyon today and as you can imagine I was pretty worried! The… Continue reading Rafting in the Grand Canyon
Red Rock Canyon
We decided to use the day to find some waterproof clothes for our rafting trip on Monday, so we drove around for most of the day and finally found somewhere called REI; a camping/outdoor store. As we were nearby we stopped off at Red Rock Canyon and took the scenic drive around as it was… Continue reading Red Rock Canyon