Hawaii Report - Day 5
13 March 2008 16:16![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kmusserToday we devoted to snorkelling. Our hosts tell us of a hidden beach that requires a bit of a hike in, but we're likely to have to ourselves. This is Honomalino Bay, the public access trail is a bit of an adventure, going over lots of lava, and past a Hawaiian sacred site with an alter set up. The beach is there though and suitably lovely. Not ideal for snorkeling though, the surfs a little rough, making it tricky to get in the water with gear - and one of our masks loses it's strap so we only have one. I'm intimidated, but Zammis perseveres and makes it out into the bay and looks at fishies. We have our picnic lunch, and then decide to hike out and try another site that might be friendlier to us snorkeling newbies. Somewhere in there Zammis hurts her foot too, so maybe less with the hiking.
We head back to the Place of Refuge, the adjacent Honaunau Bay is supposedly good for snorkeling and this proves to be a better site for us. The Ocean is much calmer here, so getting in and out isn't too hard. Still we have only one mask, plus a boogie board with a window in it. The mask leaks like a sieve for me which is not so good - Zammis is able to make better use of it and I content myself with paddling out on the boogie board. I do get to see some brightly colored fishies, and lots of coral, but it's hard to see much without a proper mask. Zammis took some shots with a disposable underwater camera which we're still waiting to get developed, will see if any of those came out and I'll add them to the pictures when I get them.
We have dinner out for a change, checking out the southernmost restaurant in the U.S., Hana Hou in nearby Na'alehu, and have some very yummy chicken.
We head back to the Place of Refuge, the adjacent Honaunau Bay is supposedly good for snorkeling and this proves to be a better site for us. The Ocean is much calmer here, so getting in and out isn't too hard. Still we have only one mask, plus a boogie board with a window in it. The mask leaks like a sieve for me which is not so good - Zammis is able to make better use of it and I content myself with paddling out on the boogie board. I do get to see some brightly colored fishies, and lots of coral, but it's hard to see much without a proper mask. Zammis took some shots with a disposable underwater camera which we're still waiting to get developed, will see if any of those came out and I'll add them to the pictures when I get them.
We have dinner out for a change, checking out the southernmost restaurant in the U.S., Hana Hou in nearby Na'alehu, and have some very yummy chicken.