SWIMMING WITH THE FISHES -- THEN EATING THEM

This morning we thought we’d get up and go to the MLK parade, but as it turned out, the first thing we thought about when we got up was to go to Hanauma Bay and swim with the fishes. So we did.
Hanaauma Bay is one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever been, and I absolutely love going there and swimming with the fishes. So since we didn’t have anything really important to do (we’re on vacation, so of course we don’t have anything important to do, DUH) we gathered up our stuff went down and got on the $1 bus to go to Hanaauma bay. Since it was relatively late (10 a.m.) we figured it would be very crowded at the bay, but we were pleasantly surprised. They do have a way of kind of controlling how many people are at the beach at one time by having you watch a movie about protecting the reef before you go down, but there was no group before us to see the movie.

And the water was nice, relatively clear, and we saw lots of fish. Managed to stay covered up while we weren’t in the water, so we didn’t get sunburned. What a great way to spend a day.
After we returned to Honolulu, we went off to happy hour on the beachwalk, and then went to the exotic dinner spot, Blue Water Shrimp and Seafood. This place is a bus converted into a kitchen, then parked in a vacant lot. There are two other buses in the complex, one selling healthy Mexican food, and the other also sells seafood. If I had cable, I’m sure I would have seen these places on Dives and Diners.
I had garlic shrimp and John had grilled ahi. His was a little undercooked for either of our tastes, so we mostly shared my shrimp, which was enough for two people anyway. And finally we had a Dole Whip and decided to just go back to the hotel.


We are going on a whale watch boat tomorrow and have to catch the bus to the Aloha tower at 7:30 a.m. Yikes. Today we decided it was the last day we’re going to ask for an upgrade to the other side of the hotel. Anyone who knows us can well imagine how much we have trashed this room and how difficult it would be at this point for us to move to another room.