Circle Pacific 1998/99 - Days 9 - 15 - Hawaii

• Flight from L.A. to Honolulu
• Stayed 2 nights @ H.I. hostel across from University of Hawaii - OK, not great - bought H.I. cards
• Explored downtown - Dole Factory is becoming a mall - cool tree like the one in San Francisco

• Camped 3 nights @ Ho'omaluhia Botanical Gardens - much better!!! - no people, no noise - humid + buggy, but cool plants

• Nice sunrises @ campsite

• Circle Island bus route - #52 to north coast, #55 back down windward coast - took forever
• Dole Plantation is a tourist trap - but good pineapple ice cream - Shannon forgets to share
• To Sunset Beach for sunset + sand crab watching

• Fruit stand w/ ripe local bananas - next door gave us some raw marinated tuna to taste - yum - new texture
• Hike to Sacred Falls

• Found public access to beach near trailhead to Sacred Falls - took a reading break under a great tree - awesome time building a sandcastle - Dave swam, then we buried his legs + let the waves dig him out
• Stayed 2 nights @ hostel in Waikiki - roommate from Kenya studying @ Hawaii Pacific University
• Left plenty to do if we return to Hawaii - get off Oahu (!) - snorkel, dive, hike, etc