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July 24 Aloha...Hawaii is just perfect and that really sums up this entire blog. :)
No seriously, stopping by Honolulu to see Carl on my way home from Beijing for the summer turned out to be a great idea! My last week in China was pretty hectic between packing (well why lie - you know i did that the night before). so i will say hectic with thinking about packing, going away parties, getting things finished up at school. there were some sad goodbyes to people who won't be coming back to isb next year and i can't even begin to imagine when it will be my turn to leave that place.
the night before i left for the states, the world cup began at midnight in my backyard. i say my backyard because they (i don't know who) had set up a huge screen tv by a soccer field that i can see from my window. there was a bar and hundreds of people there to watch. i decided to go with kim and kendra and it was so much fun i figured i may as well stay for the game and just sleep on the plane. there were lots of germans there too so that made things all the more exciting.
a few hours later i left for hawaii and after a seven hour layover in tokyo with frank and a five hour flight from there i arrived in honolulu to a cool breeze and gorgeous blue skies! carl greeted me with a lai and we went straight to breakfast on the beach. we spent the next seven days going to the beach, hiking, hanging out with his friends, watching jazz videos and just catching up.
the waves on the north shore were the largest people remembered there ever being in june so it was really cool to see the surfers out there. i couldn't even stand on the edge without getting knocked over so i don't know how they do it! we went to several beaches: waikiki, sandy's, a turtle beach and many others. my favorite day was early in the week when we left in the morning so carl could surf, went to lunch and then started back to his house. but there had been a car accident so we had to turn around as the road was closed and go back to the beach. we ended up spending the whole day out there watching the waves, laying in the sun and eventually catching the sunset. a little mexican for dinner and then another great nights rest with the wind off the mountain blowing you straight to sleep.
we went for three hikes - twice to falls - and i really enjoyed meeting carl's friends. i had some great sushi and poke and heard his band practice one night too. they sounded great i thought (even though carl said they had some things to work on) but i really enjoyed sitting on the porch, staring at the amazing view of waikiki from his place while they played inside. a good hour that i could live a few times over.
all in all a nice trip! it sure made the trip back better and it is always nice to catch up with one of my all time favorite people. there were things that we didn't get around to doing while i was there so i am looking forward to my next trip back! |
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