“Why are there interstate highways in Hawaii?” – Steven Wright (I do particularly like this one tee hee)

Very warm indeed yesterday on our first day in Hawai’i. Bloody hot, one would say! I keptreminding the groupn of how hot it was as we traipsed around town, acquainting ourselves with the neihbourhood, the girls shopping and the boys looking for the Enterprize Car Rental place. The forecast was only 30 odd, but it felt a lot hotter.

We had breakfast at a little place on the beach (volcanic rocks actually) and watched a pod of spinner dolphins frolic in the water. We then spent a bit of time booking tours for the next few days. As was expected, there are plenty of “information” booths around town, with 99% of them being run by Time Share interests – to get a cheaper price you need attend a 2 hr seminar. The fact the K’s took the bullet for us a year ago on a different island meant jack, and the full amount we paid. Oh, well, we can’t afford the time as we have planty to tick off our list in our 4 days here.

Having done the necessary recon, we found ourselves on an evening cruise on a swanky catamaran, The Body Glove. Boarding at 3:30 in the arvo was a little odd to me for a “sunset” cruise, but it was special enough, rockin and rollin south along the coast before dropping the anchor (that’s nautical speak for stopping) at Captain Cooks Monument. This was a bit spesh for we Aussies as it marked the place where he had been bopped on the head and fatally stabbed – I thought that happened in the Sandwhich Islands, but apparently I don’t know everything, do I? So we dined on fine foods and drank their mai-tais and other cocktails til the bar ran dry, then we returned while listening to the smooth smooth voice , and guitar, of the one and only L T Smooth. They tell me he won a Grammy for something. But yes, he had a very smooth voice indeed. But I’d probably change my name, if I was him, preferring a more surprising name. – the Beatles didn’t sound like Beetles, did they?

Anyhoo, we saw the sunset on the water and regained our land legs (it was a bit up and down on the water). It was N’s birthday, and after earlier buying him a Huge Assed Beer (as the Americans luv to call em), we had a nightcap just as our batteries ran out. It seems we awere all somewhat afflicted by the vagaries of time travel, and the weater had been a bit warm (I need you to get the point here as to the temperature…). I think it was bed by 9, at which time it was still 30 degrees, while according to the local weateher man, felt like 37! I told you it was damn hot!!!

Gotta go, we have a huge ass day planned for tomorrow where my darling gets to tick an item off her bucket list. At kleast that’ll keep her quiet for a while.