We made some breakfast in our apartment then headed out for coffee at a cafe near Kalakaua Avenue. The coffee was much better today than it was yesterday.
Thanks to some pre trip research by Sharon we went down to a Pizza Restaurant that was also on Kalakaua Avenue and had a great vegan salad and vegan pizza for lunch.
Once we'd eaten we headed across the road to an Italian restaurant we'd spotted the previous day and booked in for dinner.
We followed this with a walk through one of the parks down to Waikiki beach to see what was going on. We were actually on our way to Ala Moana to look at a new camera I want to buy so I have a small point and shoot on me at all times, but half way there it seemed like a better idea to head back down to the beach. It was much busier today than it had been over the weekend. I had taken my DSLR camera out so I shot a few images.
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| Looking along Waikiki and Kuhio beaches to Diamond Head Crater |
We settled on a spot on Waikiki beach. The water was beautiful and warm but unfortunately the underwater visibility was not great allowing only about 1 metre or so of vision.
Still I'm not on a beach on O'ahu everyday so I started snorkelling out from the beach yet saw only one fish for the first 5 minutes, although it was one of the impressive local native fish called, wait for it, Humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa'.
We stayed on the beach and watched the sun set into the ocean yet again, still so beautiful to see and such a great way to watch the day slowly ending. We then slowly walked back along the beach and up to our apartment to shower and change for dinner.
Evening
We wondered back down to our regular bar by the ocean (in the beachside area of the amazing Outrigger Hotel building) for a couple of pre dinner drinks.
By 8pm it was time to head over to the Italian restaurant for our dinner booking. There was a slight food mix up and the wrong wine was delivered to us, but still it was a great meal and a great outdoor table overlooking a Hawaiian garden and pond.
After another great day in Waikiki it was back to our apartment for some sleep.
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Humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa
(above photo of fish not taken by me)
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I saw a few more fish ahead almost out of my visibility range and suddenly out of the murkiness I came face to face with a huge green sea turtle roughly the same size as me. It was less than a metre away and about 50cm from the surface. I swam with it for a short while. It was really graceful hanging in the water and slowly rising to the surface for air. The visibility in the water was getting worse as the sun was now starting to get very low in the sky towards sunset so I came back to the beach.
We stayed on the beach and watched the sun set into the ocean yet again, still so beautiful to see and such a great way to watch the day slowly ending. We then slowly walked back along the beach and up to our apartment to shower and change for dinner.
Evening
We wondered back down to our regular bar by the ocean (in the beachside area of the amazing Outrigger Hotel building) for a couple of pre dinner drinks.
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Our regular bar on the ocean front
at the amazing Outrigger Hotel
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By 8pm it was time to head over to the Italian restaurant for our dinner booking. There was a slight food mix up and the wrong wine was delivered to us, but still it was a great meal and a great outdoor table overlooking a Hawaiian garden and pond.
After another great day in Waikiki it was back to our apartment for some sleep.
