Day Off

Today was a day off, especially for Jules and Louis who have been working like beavers all week. Jules hired a car and we visited an organic, healthy food shop in Pearl City (near the famous Pearl Harbour).

After that, we went into Honolulu to Chinatown where they had yummy Asian style Hawaiian food, bought tropical fruit like papaya and lychees and where we visited bead shops and stuck our noses into Chinese herbalist and acupuncture places - mostly so I could see how the traditional medicine thing works in Hawaii. To be honest you probably could have been in any Chinatown in the world!

Next we hopped in the car and drove along the famous Waikiki beach. It was FULL of tourists and looked very much like a Queensland Gold Coast on steroids. We kept on driving and went up to Diamond Head, a volcanic crater that you can walk to the top of. It gave a spectacular view of all of the island of Oahu.

We sped home (Louis was driving!) back to the marina where we went for a swim then had dinner at a fancy Japanese restaurant...half price sushi special from 5.30 - 6.30.

A great day. We have met some fantastic people, mostly others in the marina, like the 2 Californians, sort of retired, who sailed here from America leaving their wives and kids behind. They left us a stack of their supplies as they're about to fly home. And the Navy guy that is bringing us some patches for travel sickness. Such lovely people with such wonderful generosity.