island upon which Honolulu resides. On Sunday morning ambassador Pender and
myself jumped on a plane from Oahu to Hawaii, the big island and were
there for 3 nights.
A quick overview of what was achieved.
See active lava flow from less than 2m away at night. check
Snorkel with turtles and other fishies. check
See a sunset at 4200m on the top of Hawaii's tallest mountain. check
(altitute sickness can start to affect some people as low as 3000m)
Hike into an aggressive black "sand" beach. check. I say beach cos its
fine volcanic rock.
Hike over fairly fresh but hardened lava fields. check
Camp outside under the stars (and get blown around by the wind). check.
Observe the stars at the information centre half way up Hawaii's
tallest mountain. check
Somewhere in there we fitted in all kinds of eating, especially Thai
food. There was also tonnes of swimming, driving, a trip to an ocean
discovery centre, exploring towns, hanging out at a drum circle with a
bunch of hippies at a nudist beach and a huge family performing
dance/music troup.
Hell of a 3 day trip. Back on the mainland now. Its all about surfing
and working for the next week. Maybe some diving (fingers crossed)
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