Day 7 - A Day of Leisure

We've had some very busy and tiring days, so we decided to take it easy today. We woke up in our condo with no food, so we drove up the street to pick up food from Foodland, a local supermarket. One of the first things we noticed is that that groceries were about 30-40% higher than what we would typically see on the mainland. Even though the groceries were expensive, we figured that it would be cheaper and more healthy if we cooked at our condo.

As soon as we got back, we made some coffee and had some yogurt and spam musubi for breakfast. Instead of doing anything too active today, we decided to drive over to Kilueau to see the lighthouse. We took some pictures from afar, but we didn't pay to go see the lighthouse up close. Then we did some shopping in Kilueau, and then headed up the highway to Anini Beach. Anini Beach is supposed to be a good spot for snorkeling. While we were there, we saw only one couple out in the water snorkeling. While walking around the beach, we got hungry, so we ate our salami sandwiches that we packed for lunch.

We continued on the highway to the end of the road. We stopped off at Tunnels Beach and we took some pictures of a very large dry cave. While walking around, we saw people buying coconuts from a vendor off the back of his truck. He was selling them for $5, and we decided to try it. He cut open one side, and then we drank the water out of the coconut. Then he cut it into pieces and put the white flesh of the coconut into plastic bags for us. Although the experience was kind of cool, the coconut water and the coconut didn't taste very good. Then we continued up the road until we got to the very end. We will likely come back to the end of the road again to do a hike.

After our trip to the end of the road, we drove to Hanalei to do some more shopping. We picked up a few things while we were there, and we also picked up some more shaved ice. Alexis had a grape and strawberry shaved ice with vanilla ice cream, and Shin had a special shaved ice called Bali Hai which was flavored with mango, ling hui, strawberry syrups, and macadamia nut ice cream. Alexis was disappointed that she has not had the opportunity to enjoy her shaved ice with azuki beans. Hopefully, we can get some before we leave.

Then we got back to the condo. Alexis rested and watched television, and Shin decided to take a jog around the Princeville area. It was a very difficult run because there were some steady inclines and the pavement was not flat. After getting back to the condo, we made spaghetti for dinner.