The Oahu Coast.

Sunday, March 29, 2015

Today we toured the East and North coast of Oahu with Adam, a tour guide that MoJo have had before.  We left Honolulu and drove East to Diamond Head and then up the East coast all the way to Kahuku and then West along the North shore to Haleiwa before heading south through the interior valley back to Honolulu.  

First stop was Leonard's Bakery for some Malasadas.  We drove to Diamond Head and sat and ate them while watching the surfers.   Adam is an accomplished surfer, so was able to give us the technical details on how to stay safe on a board as we watched them.  A beautiful view. 

We drove a little further down the road  to Hanama Bay.  

Next stop was the Hālona Blowhole.  These are caused by old volcano tubes that go to the ocean and part of their roof caved in allowing the incoming seawater to escape.  

This is Sandy Beach also known as BreakNeck  Beach from all the serious injuries caused here.  This is where Barack Obama comes with his family when he vacations here. 

They have filmed a few movies here.  Pirates of the Carribean was one of them.

Byodo-In Temple was a beautiful and peaceful spot.  

We stopped at a Macadamian Nut Farm where they had raw nuts that you could smash open.  

You break the inner shell to get to the meat inside.  

We drove further down the road to Chinaman's Hat. 

While the water and mountains were awesome to see, the clouds were also some of the most beautiful that I've ever seen. 

Just beautiful scenery all along the way. 

We stopped at Ted's in Kaunala Beach for a plate lunch (meat, rice and macaroni). 

A little further up the coast was The Pipeline, location of the World Surfing Championship and home to 30 foot waves (not today). 

We made a stop in Haleiwa to sample some shaved ice (not a snow cone!!)

We returned to the resort and bid Adam farewell.  An awesome guide and a cool person.  

We went down to one of the bars afterwards and enjoyed the music of this kickass band (Acoustic Playground).  The singer had an amazing voice (similar to Norah Jones) and the musicians were top notch!

Aloha!