Ten hours in Hawaii

Our flight back from New Zealand included a 24 hour layover in Hawaii. We arrived late a night, so the next morning we had about 10 hours to play with. We went shopping, wandered around Waikiki for a bit, and generally just tried to adjust to being around North Americans again. We had gotten quite used to the Kiwi way of life, which is much more laid back and common-sensical (if that’s a word).

Somehow, we discovered almost by accident that there was supposedly a great place for snor­keling “just down the road,” so we decided to try one last time to for some snor­keling gold. And man, are we ever glad we did! It almost makes up for Christine not letting me go look for Robins Nest

This is Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve Park from the walk down:

…and this is what it’s like under­water!

Prolly don’t want to step here:

…or here!

What a fantastic end to our trip!

…Mike