we started off the day by finally finding one of the places that i read about... it is a must see... must eat destination!!! malasadas... a portuguese donut... we got the original... sugar coated ones... then one chocolate filled and one coconut filled... i love coconut flavor, so the coconut was my favorite... yum! oh, and i just remembered... we went to this hole in the wall restaurant two mornings back and i ordered coconut macadamia nut pancakes served with coconut syrup... such a good combination... my mouth is watering as i type...
we are definitely leonards fans!
jones would never pass up a donut... we actually tell him to say donut before we will take his picture... it makes him smile... if you say cheese he will freak... he does not like cheese...
on to more hiking... first we accidently hiked the wrong hike... but we were pleasantly surprised with beauty beyond belief...
our kolowalu hike was not the manoa falls hike... who would have thought... right... thank you random dude on the street for telling us this was the right way to the manoa falls hike... seriously, not mad at all, we loved the hike and there was only another 5 people we saw while hiking this hike...very unpopulated compared to the others... (ie diamond head & manoa falls... the two most popular hikes of the island)... we would have never found it without your help...
jones found a ton of cool things... leaves... rocks... sticks... all of which he had to carry for a little while... then dropping them to find something else...
yeah... almost to the top... running... love those mountains in the back... the vegetation is beyond words... so beautiful!!!
finally to the top...
waikiki beach in the far background...
who can resist a rope swing???
ok... finally made it to where we meant to go... manoa falls...
...and i dont know how... but it was even more beautiful that the first hike... in my book that i talked about in another post... oahu revealed... it said that it is an eden like atmosphere and seems to be like hearing a soundtrack of tropical birds as you are hiking because of all the different species of birds... very true... it was by far one of the most amazing places i have ever been... i wish the pictures could do justice... they will have to suffice until you decide to see it for yourself... sighhhh... the beauty of nature at its best...
the family in bamboo...
oh yeah... ps... those are my sunglasses... it only took us going to at least ten different stores and trying on countless sunglasses for me to finally figure out what i wanted... thank goodness brent stopped at 88 tees to see what was up the license plate stairs... that is where i finally found my new favorite glasses... i didnt think i was ever going to be able to replace my old guys...
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three truths and a lie...
which is which...
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would you believe me if i told you that jones was more scared of the dog that was with these people than a crawfish... yep... he picked this thing up like it was no biggie...
can you see the size of those pinchers... i was scared...
yep... like nobodies business... i was just nervous he was going to get closer to me and show me.... yuck...
i told jones to flex for me... to show me his muscles... and this is what we got... pulling his hair...
would you believe me if i told you that brent had to push apart a log just so we could get through to the other side... the log must have rolled right onto the path and trapped us while hiking... good thing i have two strong boys... remember jones knows how to flex...
would you believe me if i told you that there is water in that tree and in that water there are fish swimming around and living there... fish... living in a tree...
would you believe me if i told you that these are the cages where they film lost... you know that episodes where kate and sawyer are locked up in different cages at one of the others holding stations...
that was way too many pictures for one day of fun... too many cool things to not take so many pictures...
ps... no brent didnt split the log in half with his bare hands... i know you thought i lied about the lost cages... crazy huh...
well, they film all of lost on oahu and this is just the beginning... we found out that they were filming a diamond head... and a few other places that we had already been... and just you wait... we have a lot more where that came from... if you love lost... you will be jealous... so sorry!
2/7/2010
1 comment:
love the new glasses. the bamboo picture wins the prize on this post. i want to see those fishes swimming in the tree trunk. i would've thought that was the lie except however buff brent thinks he is i know he didn't push that tree apart :)
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