The Blab of Ab: A Day at Diamond Head

Beach:

Had my first day at the beach yesterday. We went out early and stayed until about lunch time. The water is so incredible. I’m too used to the cold atlantic and fearing placing my feet on top of a crab or some other painful sea creature. Here, it’s fantastic because I can go way out into the water and still am able to see the floor. What’s even cooler is that there were a ton of fish just chilling in their schools and swimming around. I’m not too much of a fish fan, but for some reason these guys were pretty cute and I enjoyed thinking that they were right there instead of doing what I would normally do, which is cower away. I put on a ton of sunscreen before going out, but alas my fair skin dislikes the sun and I got a little pink. That’s okay though because today it’s mostly tan.

Food Store:

The largest and most normal grocery store near us is Don Quijote. I don’t know why it’s called Don Quijote because it is maybe the most asian place I’ve ever seen. It has a huge seafood section ever, hundreds of different kinds of rice, soy sauce, mochi, weird snack mixes, and cartoon characters all over the place. It’s a weird place in that they are a grocery store, but they also sell TVs and a whole mini store of video games. I will for sure have to go back and take some pictures to give you all a sense of what it’s like. We walked there and even though we assured ourselves we just wouldn’t buy anything heavy like drinks, dave had to get 2 gallons of Japanese Green Tea. The walk back was certainly awesome because of that.

Diamond Head:

Today, we took a bus to Diamond Head, a non-active volcano, turned mountain on the southeast side of Oahu. Once we got there we did the 1.5 hour hike to the top. It was HOT. No shade all the way up and hundreds of stairs. I claim I handled it better than Dave, but of course he won’t admit it. I’m amazed by the people who hike up with their babies strapped to them, or literally holding them. If I were a parent I might have to just strap my kid to a tree at the bottom and give them one of those huge shaved ices to entertain themselves with. There is no way I would want to lug them up with me. The view was definitely worth it though. Many pictures of it below.