yesterday, we hiked to the top of Diamondhead. amazing scenery and a decent hike. my left foot is almost completely healed from the kayak/coral incident a few days ago. my right foot and leg are still pretty sore and banged up. I guess coral injuries are supposed to take forever to heal and, consequently, leave some serious scars. looks like I might be winning a round or two of scar wars some time in the future. yes!
after Diamondhead, we trekked over to Hanauma Bay to snorkel a bit, but the parking lot was full. each time we drove past, one car was leaving and they'd let the vehicle in front of us enter... but not us.
so we went to Lanikai for some beach time - where the water is an incredible turquoise and the sand is like powdered sugar! then headed home to get ready for our luau.
our venture with the luau was pretty much a disaster. we Mapquest-ed the wrong directions and ended up in the middle of downtown Honolulu during rush hour. after 2 1/2 hours in our rental car, we finally arrived at the world famous Paradise Cove Luau about 2 hours late.
once we got there, it proceeded to rain. we were handed ponchos to wear while they did their song and dance and showed us how they cooked a pig underground for the traditional Polynesian meal. as the rain picked up, we were all shuffled into a giant tent. where about 300 of us were supposed to find new seating arrangements according to their random tablecloth-color-code.
the whole scene was really disorganized. we ended up waiting about 45 minutes before everybody was seated, then another 45 or so until we actually started dinner. we weren't really blown away by the show either. not trying to be a hater - jodi and I were just a little underwhelmed.
on the drive home, we stayed awake by alphabetically listing names we would NEVER want to call our future children. among the list of names: Ashley, Ashlynn - pretty much anything with "Ash" in it - Precious, and Trystal (mix of Tristin and Crystal).
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