On Friday we had plans to snorkel Hanauma Bay again, Justin woke me up before the sun had come up, in my hazy, just woken brain I figured we were going to catch a sunrise, probably on the beach. We spread the towels out on Lanikai Beach and waited for the sun to peak over the moke islands. When the sun was at its prime, displaying magnificent colors, Justin pulled a ring out of his pocket and asked me to make him this happy forever, I said “yes.”
Then it was time for a little morning yoga.
We headed back to the apartment to take a nap before heading to Hanauma Bay. Because it had been less than a year since we signed the sheet indicating that we watched the safety video we were able to bypass it and head straight to the bay. We threw our excess gear in the locker, dropper our cooler and towels on the beach and headed in for some snorkeling. The tide was really low, forcing us to navigate our way through a maze of rocks and coral to get to deeper waters with a wider variety of fish. Justin said the tide was rougher than the previous time we had visited the bay, but I hadn’t noticed. I borrowed his spare mask to avoid the issues I had last time, I was able to stay down longer to enjoy the views so I became oblivious (yet still aware) of the current which was gently swaying some of the fish.
We snorkeled until we worked up a strong appetite then headed into shore to make some sandwiches and relax on the beach. The route back to shore was even more tricky, I followed behind Justin’s bubbles because the ‘paths’ between coral walls were narrow. We got to a point of no return where the water only covered the reef a few inches at the top, we had to time it so that we could use those few inches to shimmy across without a wave coming in on top to drag us along the coral.
**Note: there are videos that will be posted when I am able to convert them.**
Then we headed back to the apartment to put the back seat in the jeep and get around for dinner. We picked up Ryan and headed down to Haleiwa Joe’s for his birthday dinner. I ate a pound of Alaskan King Crab Legs, rice and vegetables, the food was absolutely incredible, and the crab legs were so plump. I washed it all down with two Li Hing Mui Margaritas and a Fishbowl. I was super excited to eat the fruit as a ‘fruit salad’ after I had finished my drink (with Ryan’s assistance). However, Justin snagged a cherry at the beginning, I had one slice of pineapple then a girl came out of nowhere like a ninja and snatched it off the table, with the fruit still attached, to ‘get it out of my way,’ I didn’t even get a chance to tell her I wanted to fruit! Haha ohh well… lesson learned.
Odyssey of the Soul 