Here are a few pictures that highlight some of the fun stuff we did.
Dinner at Haleiwa Joe's -- Again really good!
Friday 9 March 2012
Marla Visits!
I'm so sorry that I haven't updated my blog in a while. My amazing girlfriend Marla was visiting and between, surfing, hiking, eating Hawaiian treats and touring around the island I didn't have that much time to update the blog.
Marla and my friend Brian from Halifax hiking up Mount Ka'ala, the highest peak on Oahu.
There were lots of trip rope sections on our hike to Ka'ala and sometime we were hiking on ridges that were less than a meter wide.
When we got to the peak 4 hours after we started we were in a big cloud. Here is Marla and me taking cover from the rain.
In Hawaii a friend who is older than you is called Auntie. Here is Marla wearing the leis that my Auntie Peta made me.
The Polynesian Cultural Centre was really cool here we are with a Samoan friend.
We hike into Maunawili Falls. There is a a 40 foot ledge here that you can jump off of and of course I jumped. Marla is way smarter than that.
Me surfing.
Marla surfing
Marla got pink wax for her board. So cool!
We enjoyed some really nice sunsets.
Dinner at Haleiwa Eats Thai. So good!
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Awesome!!! Looks like you guys had so much fun. I am really really missing Haleiwa Eats!!! xoxoxoxo
ReplyDeleteHey John, I enjoyed looking at your photos. I miss you and am excited to see you when you return. Keep updating!
ReplyDeleteThanks Dad! ;) Things are going great out here. I surfed this morning and met legendary big wave surfer Ken Bradshaw. I hope all is well. I miss you lots and think about you often. John
ReplyDeleteJohn,
ReplyDeleteThis is a great blog and it sounds like a wonderful adventure. Caron and I love Hawaii and our trip this past fall was our 5th visit to the islands. We plan to spend a lot of time there in retirement. Will be watching your journey with great interest.
All the best.
Rob, Caron, Logan and Fraser Phillips
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ReplyDeleteJohn after a week in The Netherlands I arrived home from Amsterdam yesterday evening and was checking my emails early this morning. In my inbox was an email from Rob along with the link for your website. Thus I've been checking out your journey it's stories and adventures your thoughts and reflections. I have to admit there's more than a little bit of foot-loose envy as I peruse your blog. A great mix of pictures video stories and of course surfing. I look forward to a continuing vicarious journey through the South Pacific.
I hope you don't mind if I share a number of thoughts and emotions that have surfaced as I sit here quite moved by your blog.
You look much like your father whom Rob and I travelled with in Europe when we were your age. We three shared a somewhat similar adventurous time together in our youths. We weren't surfing but certainly had and still retain our own share of adventures and the friendships and memories we made and still have from that time.
Coincidentally we all met in the Amsterdam Hilton on May 1 1981 - not only the city I was in yesterday morning but just a block from the very apartment where I was Friday night until 2am - one minute from the very same hotel - with Canadian friends - sipping wine - playing guitar and singing songs.
Back in 1981 we picked the Amsterdam Hilton as we knew about the hotel from the lyrics of the Ballad of John and Yoko. Our travels were long before the days of today's digital connectedness. I had gone ahead to travel several weeks on my own so we had made a prior arrangement to meet between noon and four pm on May 1st with the 2nd and 3rd as back up dates. If either party didn't show we were to just continue on our own ways - it was too expensive to call home in those days. I have to tell you that after travelling solo for almost two months - it was one of the happiest moments of my life to see your father and Rob walk into that hotel lobby.
We went on to spend six or seven weeks together and our times also included several Mediterranean beaches in Italy Corfu and other Greek islands. One amusing story to share involves a Phillips prank. While on an island - I think it was Corfu - we found our own private beach and went for a skinny dip. Unbeknownst to me Rob had surreptitiously taken a frontal nude shot of Chris with my camera and managed to do so without either of us noticing. This was long before the days of digital cameras so you can imagine my surprise a couple of months later when I looked through all of my trip photos for the first time and came across this picture of a stark naked Chris - which I still have.
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Btw - this was my first blog posting - I had problems publishing this comment and removed all the commas and semi-colons I hope it reads alright; I think Part 2 may also follow Part 1 as a different entry because the system didn't seem to let me make two posts in a row
Rob and Ken,
DeleteIt's so nice to read both of your comments. I really enjoyed hearing about your trip to Europe with my Dad and I got a really good laugh out of Rob's prank. That's hilarious.
I'm going to be meeting up with two of my friends from Halifax in about a month. They are going to join me for my last weeks in Hawaii and then we are headed to Fiji, New Zealand and Australia. We have a camper van booked for a month in New Zealand and I hope that we will share as many awesome experiences as you guys on your trip.
Rob, Marla's sister lives in Edmonton so who know's maybe we will be out for a visit. Marla really likes the outdoors and I think you could point us in the right direction to some awesome hikes.
Ken, I liked hearing about your playlist. It's funny that you mentioned a Neil Young song. Me and my Dad got a chance to see Neil Young perform in Ottawa a few years ago. My Dad was always very interested in showing me and my brother awesome classic rock and I am a huge Neil Young fan.
I hope you guys enjoy reading about the rest of my travels. Thanks for reading. John