Ummm, can someone let him know we're not millionaires and I am still a public school teacher? Yeah, not much extra money...yet.
Unfortunately, we're now home, back in the I.E., sporting tans (ok, ok, I'm sunburnt), mosquito bites, jet lag, and a serious case of ready to return to the land of aloha. And I go back to work in two weeks. So how about some pictures? They're all unedited because I'm too lazy to post process them right now.
Note: There are no pictures of Pearl Harbor. Oh we visited all right. We even decided to be economical and ride the bus. It took over an hour and the bus driver decided to go ahead and skip our stop, which we didn't realize until we were a good 5 miles beyond it. Oh, but that's not why there aren't any pictures. No, there's no pictures because I charged the battery for my camera the night before. And left it in the hotel room. (ok, I lied. There are some pictures. We took them on our iPhones. Thank God for overpriced phones!)
oh yeah, I don't know how to sharpen for web, so these photos don't look as good as they do on my monitor. Anyone want to explain that process for me?
View from our room at the Hilton Hawaiian Village. Pretty nice right?
Turn your head slightly to the left, and another view from the room. If we weren't 25 floors up (wellll.....24 really, since hotels don't have a 13th floor), I would have wanted to jump in from the balcony. But I don't have a death wish. I did have to stay off the balcony after drinking....it was dizzying and I was afraid of dropping my camera over the edge.
We got lei'd! ha ha ha
The State Seal of Hawaii. The husband's sister is a budget analyist for Hawaii's senator, so we went to visit her at the Capitol building.
The husband and the gates to the Iolani Palace. Go google Iolani Palace and read up on the history of Hawaii as a kingdom. Interesting stuff! Their Queen was imprisoned in one room of the palace for 8 months as the land was taken from the native Hawaiians.
I enjoy acting like a jackass
More jackassery. This time with King Kamamaha. (yeahhhhh, that's not spelled right.)
We stumbled upon an old cemetery. This gravestone is heartbreaking-it's for a baby.
Those were all on the North Shore in the town Haleiwa, where we went shark cage diving. (yep, we got in a cage with sharks swimming all around it. Since I am a jackass, I decided sticking my hand outside of the cage would be a good idea. Multiple times. I still have my hand. The husband still thinks I am an idiot.)
See that rock? It's in Waimea Bay and it's a good 15-20 feet high. I was all stoked to jump off of it when we got there. I climbed up to the top, stepped onto the edge... and then backed up. 30 minutes later, after watching a little 7 year old girl jump multiple times, and being "encouraged" by a group of pre-teen boys, I finally jumped. Scaryist thing ever. I never need to do that again. But it was totally awesome at the same time. The husband was a little annoyed that it took my so long to jump, as I left him floating the ocean, "watching" our stuff (he didn't have his contacts in so he was in effect blind) on the sand. After I (finally) jumped, he wanted to leave bc he was hungry. Oh husband. You can just admit you're too scared to jump. It's ok.
Shrimp Truck on the North Shore. There are shrimp trucks all over the North Shore, but unlike their mainland counterparts, they are always parked in one location, rather than driving around. This truck was delish! (I had spicy garlic shrimp, the husband had butter garlic shrimp. The husband won.) and in the next lot was a really cool antique shop and a guy selling the wood-carved tikis he and his sons made. He was something of a wood carving celebrity too; he's done commissioned pieces all over the mainland. We saw quite a few tikis we wanted to buy, but they were super expensive, so we passed. We'd already purchased two at a different location to the tune of over nearly two hundred bucks, but next time we're definitely budgeting for one of the $500 pieces.
The husband's favorite beach, Laii on the North Shore (both pics are the same beach). Smooth, soft sand, aggressive waves, uncrowded, and beautiful. This is where he'd like to live if we ever move to the island.
The Blowhole near Sandy Beach. The Husband was not impressed. I know. I don't understand him either.
One of the very few photos of the two of us together. I hate asking people to take our picture.
Alrighty, this is getting too long. I'll do a second post with more pics later. I took like a 1,000 pictures while we were in Hawaii, so I have a lot to show off! Of course, at least 20% of them are pretty much the same thing b/c the husband loooooooves using continuous shot. lol
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