Hawaii-Another Day in Paradise and/or Snorkling

Yesterday we went snorkeling at Hanauma Bay. I have mixed feelings about snorkeling...I do not like breathing while underwater. It's hard for me to not hyperventilate and so I spend a lot of time focusing on my breathing rather than looking at fish. Also I really don't like being in water too deep for me to stand in so we'll swim out over some coral into a clearing so then all of a sudden the water is so deep to the bottom and I'm expected to be breathing while under the water and I have to try to stay calm and swim to where I can touch bottom or coral. I really like solid ground. And breathing air. But other than that it's pretty cool to be swimming with fish. We really want to see some cool animals like turtles and squid. Maybe when we go out today...



On the way back to the beach house we stopped at the Halona Blow Hole just because it happened to be along the road and we're carefree so we pulled over to have a look. It was pretty cool.




Other than that we just spent the rest of the day relaxing at the beach house, playing the the sand, boogie boarding some more and hanging out at our beach. Here is a picture of the walk from our beach house to the Kailua Beach...






For dinner we went down to Kanoehe Bay and found this amazing place called Haleiwa Joe's Seafood Grill. It was so beautiful...we ate right there in the restaurant in the trees with the view in the next picture of the Ko'olau mountains. It was so amazing.



And the food was the best we've had on the island so we'll probably go back one other time. So delicious. We had Ahi Poke which was just sashimi grade tuna (meaning it was 100% raw) with a sauce on it...so soft and yummy. Then we had the Haleiwa Paradise Salad, local greens with mandarin oranges, citrus vinaigrette and candied walnuts. Main course was Monchong (native Hawaiian fish) encrusted in coconut with a green curry and mango chutney. For desert was Macadamia Nut ice cream with caramel sauce and fresh fruit. Everything was incredible and amazing and so delicious. And the view was amazing. Here are some more pictures of the Haleiwa Gardens that we walked through below the restaurant