14. Day - day 14 (for English scroll down)

20 shades of red and 50 shades of turquoise. Also Zoe had a miraculously healing night and we are down to 20 shades of red. It's going well. I got up at 7am (voluntarily) and hiked to the Diamondhead or also called Le Ahi. The volcanic crater is the most famous landmark of Honolulu. In total it was only 2.5Km but sometimes it went up fast! At the top you are rewarded with a 360° panoramic view of Honolulu. Then we went back to the hotel where I woke Zoe up and we took a ride along the coast to the south and then further east of the island. That's where the 50 shades of turquoise come into play. The beaches and the sea were incredibly beautiful, wild, light, rocky, roaring, lush green, windy, oh what am I listing here. Have a look at the pictures - they speak more than a thousand words. Of course we also aimed for Hanauma Bay, which was the one where the beach, the sea and the fish closed at 3pm and it's apparently so beautiful. Yes dear readers, you probably know what's coming now: we didn't see anything... it was Tuesday, the beach, the sea and the fish had the whole day off!!!! Oh my god, but again. So we continued along the coast and it was so breathtaking that we quickly forgot about Hanauma Bay. Waimanalo and Kailua are just as beautiful as the pictures from Hanauma and invited us to take a little nap on the beach. Wonderful. On the way we stopped at a fruit stand where they had freshly cut pineapple, mango, papaya and coconuts. Mahalo!! (Thanks in Hawaiian) Rested and strengthened, we decided to drive over to the east coast (it's just a small island) and see what we had crossed off our list yesterday. It's amazing how different the two coasts are. In the east it's green, fertile, well-groomed and well-developed. In the west it's rough, barren, dirty and lots of dropouts who live in tents on the beach. So we got a pretty comprehensive impression of Oahu and we're ready for further adventures starting tomorrow on Big Island. Aloha.

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20 shades of red and 50 shades of turquoise. Zoe had a miraculous healing night and we are down to 20 shades of red. Great. I got up at 7am (on free wills!) and hiked to the Diamondhead or aka Le Ahi. The Vulcan crater is Honolulu’s best known landmark. It was only 2.5Km but at times impressive steep! At the summit one is rewarded with a magnificent 360° view over Honolulu. Then I returned to the Hotel where I got Zoe out of bed and we went on a drive alongside the coast south wards and then east. That’s when the 50 shades of turquoise come into the equation. The beaches and the sea are incredible beautiful, wild, light, cliffy, roaring, green, windy – ah what am I doing. Just look at the pics – they say more than a thousand words. Of course we headed also to Hanauma Bay, that the one where the Beach the sea and the fishes close at 3pm and it is apparently so pretty. And you know what is coming now – right? We didn’t se anything… it was Tuesday and on Tuesdays the Beach the sea and the fishes are of all day long at Hanauma! Grrrrrr…. So we pursued our drive alongside the coast and it was so beautiful that we quickly forgot about Hanauma Bay. Waimanalo and Kailua are according to the pictures of Hanauma just as beautiful and invited us to take a brief nap on the beach. Yesss! Later when we resumed our drive to stopped at a fruit stand where they sold fresh cut Pineapple, Mango, Papaya and Coconut. Mahalo! (thanks in Hawaiian). Nicely relaxed and refreshed we decided to drive over to the east cost (it’s a small island after all) to see what we crossed off our list yesterday. It was surprising to see the difference of this two coasts. In the east it is greed, fertile, groomed and well developed. The west however is rough, sparse, dirty and loads of homeless who live on the beach. We feel we have had a good impression of Oahu and are ready for new adventures in Big Island tomorrow. Aloha