13th Day - day 13

40 shades of blue. Today we explored the North-West of the island. After about 1 hour you reach the North Shore with the beautiful town of Hale'iwa, the hometown of Eveline, but also of hippies and dropouts. We strolled through the town, enjoyed the relaxed atmosphere, the simple but delicious cuisine, and the carefree lifestyle of the surf cracks. In winter, there are the longest breaks in the world and also the famous pipes. Pretty cool!! Then we continued by car to Ka'ena Point. The area around the westernmost point of O'ahu is really wild and mostly deserted. A piece of postcard Hawaii. We drove as far as we could by car, parked, and took the 5 km on foot. Voluntarily! 40 shades of blue probably aren't enough. It was hot, windy, barren dunes and grass landscape, but the view of the Pacific Ocean was priceless. Apparently, you often see whales and dolphins here. The diligent readers of this blog know what that means: we didn't see anything 😉 But we did see seals and albatrosses - that was something too! At the very tip, there is an old lighthouse and an incredible view on both sides of the island, rugged and dramatic. Mega. Unfortunately, Zoe's belly looked similar. She had gotten a sunburn a few days ago that was healing. For the hike, she applied a lot of sunscreen where she didn't wear clothes. That only worked to some extent. She got another sunburn on top of the existing sunburn under her clothes, where she didn't apply sunscreen!! What a delicate flower - really! So off to the car and back to the shade. From there, we headed back towards Honolulu with a stopover at the Dole Pineapple Plantation. They had everything in pineapple - no matter what, you could also get it in the form, taste, and appearance of a pineapple. It was delicious and funny. We skipped the little trip along the west coast of Oahu because Zoe really needed a break.

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40 shades of blue. Today we explored the North-West of the island. After about 1 hour we reached the Northshore with the lovely little town Hale’iwa, the hometown of Eveline, but also of Hippies and opt-outs. We strolled through the village, enjoyed the relaxed atmosphere, the simple but delicious cuisine and the carefree lifestyle of the surf cracks. In the winter the longest breaks of the world are building themselves here and form the famous pipes. Rather cool! Then we took the car and drove to the Ka’ena Point. A quite wild and deserted areal around the westernmost point of O’ahus. A peace of Postcard-Hawaii. We drove until we could, parked and started the 5Km hike. On free wills! 40 shades of blue probably aren’t enough. It was hot, windy dry dunes and grass landscape but the view to the Pacific was priceless. Apparently whales and dolphins can be spotted here. The regular reader of this blog knows what that means: we didn’t see anything 😉 but we did see Monk seals and Albatross – that was not too bad either! At the very end there is still an old lighthouse and an incredible view towards both sides of the island rough and dramatic. Amazing. Unfortunately a look at Zoe’s belly was equally dramatic. She did get a few days ago a sunburn which was healing nicely. For the hike she put a lot of sun cream on where she didn’t have any close on. That only worked partially. She got a sunburn on top of her existing sunburn underneath her cloth – where she did not put sun cream on!! What a delicate flower – really! So we raced back to the car and shadow. From there we headed towards Honolulu and made a stopover at the Dole Pineapple plantation. Everything was available in Pineapple – no matter what it was available also in form, taste and looks of a Pineapple. It was delicious and fun. We skipped the short trip alongside the west coast of Oahu, as Zoe really needed a break.