Another night of messed up sleeping. Kids didn’t roll out of bed until 10 again. I think they had a better night of sleeping though. While they were still asleep I went through the room and got most of our things packed up into bags. For the next week we are staying at Hau’ula up on the Windward coast (NE of island) in a beach house. The kids had their heart set on swimming in the pool one last time before departing the hotel but there was no time since we had to be out before noon.
We packed up the car and set off. Another glorious day with a million people everywhere. After a drive past Diamond Head crater we planned to stop at Hanauma Bay for the incredible snorkelling. Nope. You couldn’t even get in there because it was too full! We continued up the coast and arrived at the house 2ish. After checking out the fish pond, hammock, and views and getting our bags up it was time for food. Only a couple of miles up the road is the famous North Shore Tacos. The kids actually ate something different. Yay. After eating we popped into the market next door for some necessities for the week. The market turned out to be a very interesting adventure. There is unbelievable diversity in types of food here. There may not be a huge selection but I know I can get kimchi, chicken feet, octopus, pigs ears, and so on. Back to the house to settle in.
I finished washing and drying all of our dirty and new clothes. Tom needed to work on packing a few things since Monday he is flying to Los Angeles to meet a friend for two nights of U2 shows.much of the evening was spent relaxing and hanging out and getting the kids much needed showers. Alex played musical beds again. He was meant to sleep in the top bunk bed but got out probably six times. Then he went to sleep in between us but then Tom couldn’t turn over because Alex was snuggled up. I ended up putting him in the spare bed by himself. Kids!
Tomorrow we will drive Tom down to the Honolulu airport for an afternoon flight and pick him up again on Thursday.
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