Today, Maria and her boyfriend went to a sweat lodge and she kindly let me use her car. So, using the excuse that I need a new, larger suitcase (which I do, considering all the new dresses I've purchased), I put the pedal to the metal and headed to the nearest Ross store in Kaneohe and bought a suitcase plus a couple of new dresses. Of course, this meant that the new suitcase is now FULL to the brim. I left the UK with a small, black 12kg bag and now I have a con...

A late start today as the weather was playing up and it was raining again in Punalu'u. I'd wanted to go to Lanikai but we checked the live webcam online and it looked like it was even worse there so we ended up heading to the North Shore. First stop: lunch at Fumi's Kahuku Shrimp roadside food truck. The shrimp ponds are out back so you're guaranteed fresh produce, even if it is deep fried! We also got fresh iced coconuts and pineapple juice from the stall net d...

Sunday's daytrip to the North Shore was a lot of fun! Jennifer, a fellow South African, came over to Maria's place and we all drove up to the North Shore Marketplace in Haleiwa where we met with Trisha. I met both gals on my previous trip to Hawaii and thoroughly enjoy spending time with them both. Lunch was at the Beet Box Cafe - adjacent to a health food store. We ordered delicious takeout food which we took to Waimea Beach to eat. In the summer, Waimea is ful...