Tuesday, September 27, 2016

maui, hi

Maui! The land of crazy fried salty foods and turtles. I drove the road to Hana and didn't get too sick :D By the last day, though, we couldn't eat anymore... 

Deep fried spam musubi and korean chicken.






Eskimo Candy. It's so shiny.








Black sands.

Pools of Ohe'o.





 We made a few visits to Costco out of curiosity. And although their watermelon is insanely expensive, they did have rambutan, mango cheesecake, pork buns, lau lau, and other delicious fattening pastries that you can't get in San Diego. Or anywhere else probably. Hooray for that Asian plurality.
 


Ululani's shave ice. And no, it's not "shaved" ice. And yes, it's soft as snow. We had this four times. The workers recognized us :D......



More fattening foods: kalua pork loco moco on fried rice, pancakes with macadamia vanilla sauce, and this ridiculous ice cream hula pie (served with a spork). 

 We also decided to go to fancy Sunday brunch at the grand Wailea. Quite the experience!
One of many plates. This was the most Hawaiian: pineapples, longan, and malasada.
 Lastly, we took a snorkel tour to the crater Molokini to snorkel with the turtles. Sadly C ended up puking over the boat and scared an elderly French couple sitting next to us. At least they had good sandwiches.



 
Last meal! Loco moco with teriyaki chicken, beef teriyaki, and fish tempura. It came in a bucket and we couldn't finish it. 

Wednesday, September 21, 2016

kauai, hi

Life update: got married and went to Hawaii! Hoorays! 

Kauai is quite rural. And full of wild chickens everywhere. 

Very beautiful wild chickens. 



:D The delicious Asian foods!




Chickens crossing the road.


All the kalua pork mocos :D




Helicopter ride was quite exciting, especially with those fashionable fanny packs (life vests). Flew over a rainbow, into a damp area with some 3000 ft waterfalls, and saw the gorgeous Na Pali coast. Not so fun: motion sickness :x








Double rainbow!

Grand Canyon??

Na Pali Coast.

Super moist, but you can see the 3000 foot waterfalls!
After we succeeded at not throwing up on the plane, we spent the rest of our time admiring more chickens. And going to the beach, of course. 

Chicken at the beach.






:D








Overly stuffed poke bowl. I might have been a bit greedy with the toppings.

Another fun activity: kayaking and hiking to a waterfall!


River fording.

More river fording.

A photo among the tall grasses.
We made it! Not sure how those people were swimming... the water was frigid.



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