Did you know the hawaiian flag has got the union jack on it ! Some leader from way back wanted stronger ties with us this was pre it becoming the 50th state :-) Sorry my ability to absorb the history stuff is zero the place names and peoples names are really hard ! From my experience it is 68% US, 17% Traditional Hawaiian / polynesian and 15% other. Anyway back to my day, after setting me up with an impressive breakfast of croissant, scrambled egg and fruit th...

I am feeling better today :-) My day started like any other a 3 hour hike to a 400ft waterfall ! My word it was a long way but worth it. It took me through a bamboo forest which was amazing and so pretty. The trail was down the side of the volcano but fortunately it has been extinct for a long time! At the bottom you can normally swim in the lava pools but today they were closed. In fact as i write this in the garden of where i am staying the rain is coming dow...

Im going to start todays blog with some history.. When I started planning my trip i knew i wanted to spend as little time as possible in Waikiki. This meant I would not have time to visit Pearl harbour. I did however read about it in my faithful lonely planet and was surprised to learn it could have been avoided apart from 2 pieces of human error :-( but more than that the ship that was sunk on the first round of attack went down so quickly that thousands drowne...

Oh the dilemma write my blog or watch college beach volleyball on tv! This might be short tonight, all you need to know is that I rode a lot of waves today standing up on the board - a personal little victory there :) Thanks to "sharkey" the instructor who told me I couldnt fall off as every time I did a little bit of coral from the reef would die, Under my feet! Well the emotional blackmail clearly worked! After the amazing lesson I went to the centre of th...

Whales, a rainbow, a glorious sun set and clean knickers! Just another day in Hawaii well Maui actually! I even spoke to a few people today there was Rhonda on the Whale boat, a couple next to me at dinner from Portland Oregon - note to self look up where that is! A lady from China and her chap from Korea. So my day started with a lovely breakfast this time there was no nuts in the banana bread she must have noticed that i picked them all out yesterday! I the...