Day 5

10am
i slept in today! and i'm refusing to go to The Guide meeting right now because i know if i start, i'm not gonna leave it and we're planning to go out before it's over, so... i tried not to convert the time, but it was too easy. but it won't be so bad since we have The Guide chat window. i can scroll through when i get in tonight. *sigh* i'm addicted.

10:30pm
so we went to Pa'ia today. it's a little quaint town. not as touristy as the rest of the island. i wanted to move there. there's, of course gorgeous beach, and such cute little shops.

then we went to "The Road to Hana." a twisty, turny, beautiful road! this is where you'll find The Twin Falls. it was so cool!

then it was a quick stop for coffee and bathroom breaks back in Pa'ia before we headed back to our side of the island.


and finally, we came back to Front St. to have dinner. once again, we found ourselves at a table overlooking the ocean! :) we've had luck with that EVERY night! either it's early, or we get the last available one.

the ride back was dark and rainy! we could barely see the road! but it was still the end to an AWESOME day!

and i read The Guide meeting. progress. and new people. and new ideas. i love it!

Day 4

5:30am
i am awake. barely.
in my bathing suit, getting ready to go snorkeling. say it with me now kids. "snorkeling." the more i say it, the weirder it sounds.

so i did battle with the rooster this morning. at 4 in the morning it was all like, "cock-a-doodle-doo!" and i was like, "shut up rooster." and it was like, "cock-a-doodle-doo!" and i was like, "fine, i'm ignoring you!" and then i woke up at 5, and i was all like, "so, rooster, crow so i can record you." (on a tape recorder) and it was all like, *silence* and i was all like, "i am NOT getting pwned by a rooster!" i recorded that goddamn rooster. it took longer than it should have, but i WON!

i hope no other animals want to do battle with me today. especially cuz i'm going snorkeling. which means i'll be on their turf. or would i be on their surf?

2:29pm
just got back from snorkeling!
so there were two stops. after we got back on the boat from the first stop i started feeling kinda sick. they said that this was normal. i thought that it sucked. but i started feeling a bit better before the second stop and got to swim with giant sea turtles! seriously, they were almost as big as people! after i saw three of them, i had my fill (cuz i was beginning to feel a bit sick again) but it was GORGEOUS. you know those nature shows where you see all the marine life underwater. and you see tropical fish, and coral, and turtles, and blue, blue water? well it's just like that but through your own eyes!!! (all that swimming was so hard on nerd who never sees the light of day! XD)
after that there was a little tour of the islands and they told us all about where the best beaches were. there's Little Beach for nudity and naked fire dancing. there's Big Beach for polishing your feet (the natural process of the sand against your feet when you walk there. one lady was like, "it does!" and held up her foot. it WAS rather smooth.) and Black Beach where the sand is dark! and no one's around. i wanna go there!
on the way back, we stopped off to get some cane juice. as in sugar cane! :)

now i'm gonna go attempt to do something with my hair! ah!

10:45pm
just got home from Front St.
first, i need you all to know something


now that that's out of the way...

so first we had dinner at Whaler's Warf.


Then we roamed for a little while on Front St. and i stumbled upon this:


which looks strangely similar to these:


oh! that's right. it's the SAME PLACE! :D

then i got more gelato. this is what it should look like EVERY time you get served ice cream! (especially gelato):


oh, and i found this bad baby in my pocket yesterday. apparently left there from the last time i wore those pants! :)

forgotten pocket money FTW!

ps. is it wrong that i had "A Song About an Anglerfish" in my head while i was snorkeling?

oh, and the "gate" is neither a gate nor a jar.