I left the Big Island a little sooner than I had planned, and after a triumphant pass through security where nobody actually took anything from me, I was headed to Waikiki, the famous beachfront of Honolulu. There I lay for most of the afternoon and I enjoyed some hula dancing after sunset on the same beach. Lazy and chilled out. The only full day I had on O'ahu I dedicated to visiting Pearl Harbor. It's a eye-opening and sobering place and the sunken USS Arizon...

Last night was cold. I'm in Hawai'i, people, what's happening? Pat and I are staying in a "cosy" tent for two, where Pat froze last night and I repeatedly added layers to my clothes inside my powerless one-season sleeping bag. What a night. But it was free! The Big Island is vast and beautiful; it would fit all the other Hawaiian islands inside it with room to spare. It's also the youngest and most volcanically active island in the chain. Today Pat and...

Predictably, I woke up (after several false starts) feeling pretty terrible on the morning of 19th April 2011, as I'd just spent the night in the thin sleeping bag in a car, and I had an imaginary imp drilling both my ears for company. I drove to the lookout for the peninsula I'd be climbing soon, and I checked out that view as well as Phallic Rock. Obviously a rock that needs no real introduction, Phallic Rock is a rock shaped like a penis. And who says I don't ...

I'd kind of already planned this, but it still comes as a surprise to me when I find myself in a sleeping bag in the driver's seat of a car on the side of a random highway on the remote island of Molokai. I'd arrived here with no accommodation booked, and that's precisely what I got. Why was I expecting more? Well... I started the day off with a fair bit of pain in my ears, most likely due to a bit of free diving that I did while snorkelling yesterday. Not sure ...

So to recap, my 46-hour day eventually ended with Pat and Kim taking me out to Thai Chef with the lovely waitress Rose (who gives as good as she gets) and I crashed out at around 11pm, still on the 12th. I was hoping when I woke up the date would have changed. Not only did the date change, but I missed the entire AM of the day when I finally woke at 12:30pm. Over 13 hours of sleep! I know I told Pat and Kim I wasn't really a morning person, but still... After lu...