rain, go away!

constant and sometimes heavy rains have put a little damper on our week in Oahu. tuesday went like this:

we hiked to manoa falls in honolulu - killer! such an amazing hike through an actual tropical rainforest. the trees were so beautiful and the falls took our breath away (pictures coming soon). the hike was great... until it started pouring rain.

we did lunch in downtown honolulu at the ward center where I ordered a tempura mahi sandwich that blew me away. we took a shot at Pearl Harbor again, but it was packed and all shows were booked because... it was raining.

we wanted to snorkel or hang out on a beach - but it was raining. finally ended up at kailua beach where we discovered a surf contest. it was so weird - there were over 100 surfers in the water, but no waves. all of us on the shore sat and watched for about 45 minutes until, one by one, all the surfers came out of the turquoise water without catching one wave.

hopefully we'll have more luck for our last full day in Oahu.