oahu

1-5 April, 2014

Aloha! We arrived safely in Oahu, Hawaii and have since spent the last five days doing exactly as we'd planned - relaxing, surfing, yogaing and sipping beers on the sand. Best. A glamorous start to what will no doubt be a slightly more backpacker styled 9 months ahead. 

The highlights

• Hiring a car and driving on the wrong (ie. right! ) side of the road. Damo did a great job. 
• My navigation skills weren't so great. At one point we ended up at some military base surrounded by cops. Lucky for us we met the nicest copper ever - Officer Rob - who not only gave us thorough directions to the North Shore but also gave us his personal cell number in case we ran into any trouble whilst in Oahu. What a nice guy!
• Chillaxing on beach chairs on Sunset beach (our local), sipping beers, nibbling beef jerkey and talking rubbish whilst watching the sunset. Perfection!
• Living it up in our little apartment under the Hancock family home, spitting distance from Sunset Beach.
• Cooking just about every meal in our little flat, including brewing some tasty Americano drip filter coffee.
• Damo surfed some epic sized waves and survived to tell the tales! 
• Swimming with turtles! One even came up to say aloha to Damo whilst he was surfing! And I had a little chat to a sunbaking turtle I found on one of my beach walks.
• We saw whales! They were frolicking just off the shore. 
• We checked out "the" Pipeline and its amazing surfers.
• There are so many local ladies waltzing around in g-string bikinis  (Damo finds this very gross)
• Peddling retro push bikes around the north shore was a great way to get about. 

The Summary

Weather - almost perfect! Mostly sunny with random rain.

Surf - big! 7-10 foot and barrelling. Scary big. 

Food - mostly home cooked meals, so delicious, obviously. 

Beverages - local beers and G&Ts (not together) 

People - super friendly

Accommodation - quiet, self contained pad, right opposite our fav beach

Activities - surf, yoga and bike riding

See you in Maui,
Kath (and Damo)

Damo paddling out to some epic sized waves

Damo searching for the best place to paddle in at Sunset Beach

Cheeky cocktails

The elephant truck,  best thai in north shore

Let the sundowners begin!

Beer + beef jerkey = happiness

Home cooked meal whilst studying Lonely Planet

Biker girl with basket

Tubes at Pipeline

Observing the locals...

Sunsets at Sunset

Waxing up on the porch

Rainbows on our car