Bye Hawaii!

Made it just fine this time.. Arrival time in SFO should be 6:50am, in the fog...

Ah ha! Mai Tai forever!

Who knew they had good mai Tais in the airport! I'll enjoy them till the last minute ;)

Reasonable lines..

I think I'll make it this time.. Although I have to go back to enterprise to deal with them, they spotted a dent on top of the hood that the previous agent missed so they're blaming me :@ 'someone sat on your hood' she claims. Hmmm.

Message to my peeps

Last beach

One last beach moment before heading to the airport.. I'm planning on not missing my flight this time ;) Just one last swim!

Hungry kitties

A bunch of abandoned kitties that live in the rain forest and seem really happy when a skinny 80 year old woman shows up once a day with food. A couple of mongoose (sp?) come to steal some food and nip at the cats' hind legs.

Rainbow!

Goodbye Honolulu!

Diamondhead crater on the left, Honolulu and Waikiki on the right.. I don't think I want to leave!

Nice view for my picnic

Manoa falls

Very pretty. Well inside the rainforest and yet i still have phone connectivity (lucky me i can still blog photos!)

On the way out

I came with one bag, but last minute oh-no-i'm-so-late packing seems to have multiplied things..

Last day!

Let's start with a slow breakfast by the pool. How's Blogger? :)

What?!

...And

Mai Tai! No friends yet but I still have to treat my last night :) This one comes from Duke's Waikiki barefoot bar, right on the water. Cool!

Getting North

Might get some decent sunset tonight :)

Oh noes! Flat tire...

Nuuanu Pali

Gorgeous view from this historical battle site. I wish I had a wide angle camera!

Driving towards the rain

Took me a half hour to prepare jeepy for the tropical rain.. Now i'm ready to go!

Yanagi Sushi

I just realized I didn't list the name of that awesome sushi place last night so here it is, I'm making up for it now :)

Yanagi Sushi 762 Kapiolani Blvd Honolulu, HI 96813 (808) 597-1525 Get directions Open Mon-Sat 11am-2pm, 5:30pm-2am; Sun 11am-2pm, 5:30pm-10pm

Home safe

I spent a really cool evening with my new friends (3 brothers and sisters, one wife) although there was some last minute family drama... We might meet up tomorrow might for more fun.. More Mai Tais, whoo hoo!

Karaoke with my friends

But not me bwahahah :)

New friends

Gale, Erin, Marissa, Eric. Sushi was absolutely delicious!

Best sushi in Hawaii

Or so I hear... I'm about to find out! :)

Sun is setting

I'm on the east coast behind the mountains so i won't get a pretty picture over the Ocean though...

My next car

Jeeping hawaiian style

Happy jeepy

Hanauma bay

Pretty island

Healthy again

Because i know you guys care a lot about what i'm eating ;) i'm about to embark on a jeepy trip around the island so i need something good in my body.. (If you pay attention to the post dates you'll notice the breakneck pace of my days...)

Rented!

Emptying out

Stayed there the whole time, turned out to be high energy :) And somehow my tab ended up being $25 for food and a 'few' drinks! Someone else is going to be suprised.. ;)

Packed

Yet might be time to go visit the Lotus..

Getting wilder ;)

Filling up...

11:30, the Ocean is slowly starting to fill up. Music is decent but not quite electro enough.. Let's see how it evolves.

Way early...

Tonight is the Piranha Room at the Ocean Club, one of the big clubs in Honolulu. Piranha Room is a special event that happens on the last Saturday of the month for a few months. The theme tonight is "Adult Playhouse"... Apparently showing up at 8:50pm for food is still ridiculously too early :) Tourist!

At the hotel

Waiting for my cab

Moonrise

It's so much bigger in real life ;)

Recovering

Stomach coating on the right, healthy salad on the left.. That should help.

Need caffeine..

Too bad I don't drink coffee anymore cause that's what i need right now ;)

Lotus

And all that time i thought it was the lust...

The lust 2

The lust

Full moon!

Cooking my own food!

Sunset

Ok i'm done with the pictures for now ;)

Sheraton bis

Ok, my next hotel for sure ;)

Next time

Diamondhead and the ocean as seen from the Sheraton.. I know where i'm going next time :) (ok, maybe..)

Timezone

I've changed the Timezone of this blog to be Hawaiian time. Exciting! Why? When I snap a photo and put it on the blog it'll have the actual local time attached to it and it'll make more sense to y'all. Just adding a bit more of 'real time' feel to the mix. Just cause I can.

Bible what?

A jehovah witness just spent the last 45mn trying to make me see the light.. Dude, with a scenery like that i'm already in paradise :-P

Laziest day ever

Things done today: none, nunca, aucune! Just found this spicy tuna salad in a local joint. Thanks for food to give me a sense of accomplishment ;)