Hiking

Below are pictures from my eventually successfull hike upto Manoa Falls. It was messy to say the least. I got muddy, i got wet..and abit sweaty. I got bitten like never before, one bit has turned to the size of a large apple. Nice. Although i was quite contented with the forest and my audiobook, although im starting to feel like im on a hiker beginers course lol.

SUPRIIIISE.. its a rainforest!

So yesterday i had my day planned ..i was going to take the rather frustratingly long bus journey to manoa and take the 1andhalf hour hike to see manoa falls. I had my audio book on my ipod...a selection of playlists tailored to fit hiking and masses of water. Did i see the falls??.. No i did not. And this was not due to my lifestyle induced lack of fitness (apparently alcohol and pot noodles are not the new water and lettuce). As i arrived at what might be called the entrance to the path which i noticed, although i am no expert on the subject, largly resembled a large forest. I wasnt too shocked. The shock came when i stepped through the entrance and within minutes found myself arse deep in mud, extremely wet and bitten more in minutes than i had been my stay so far. I had also had the audacity to wear flip flops, as a slipped and slided everywhere i decided this was not over.


Which brings me to today. Im going back ..with trainers, a towel and insect repellent. I also decided to wear jeans and it feels strange wearing clothes that consist of more than a bum cover and a pair of straps. So wish me luck, and this waterfall best be bloody good lol.


Aloha!
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Catch up

Soooo a few days to catch up on...

I did a cleaning job the other day with steves sister and some other guy.. the guy was way cool and had suprisingly good music taste.. so we did a maaaasssive house on the beach and then two apartments..

the guy that owned the apartments wife died a few weeks ago and their were pictures of her funeral... apparently they all went canoeing and a helecopter came over and dropped pettles while they scatterd the ashes .. by the sounds of it she was a pretty cool lady.. shed never surfed before and started two years ago when shes like 60 or something and she won awards n stuff.

The view from one of the flats

Rainbooooowwww... honestly their everywhere..i guess thats why some people call it the rainbow state :)

So .. i had to get up at like 6 but i felt pretty good and the pay is well goood soo fingers crossed i get some more work.

lol me a cleaner lmao .. was fun though they both had a way good sense of humour.

I'v also noticed how people seem to use what they would concider english slang and swearing when their near me .. the number of times iv heard "bloody hell" lol

Theeeen..yesterday i climbed the diamond head crater ..i keep calling it a mountain but apparently it is technically a "tuff" lol.. i know i thought it was a funny word too.

If i remember correctly a tuff is when the lava of a volcano is cooled by water and turnes into ash.. the volcano then releases the ash on to the surface which over time becomes solid and forms a tuff. :)

So ..my journey

This was the entrance .. not the most exciting picture in the world but it might be usefull to anyone who fancies climbing the crater so they know what it looks like for future reference ha

So when i was going for my interview at the US embassy in London the guy who interviewed me asked where i was going in America..so i told him and he said "you have to try the shaved ice their". So here it is, shaved ice in coconut, rasberry and passion fruit flavour .. it was yummy.

Anywho .. the climb wasnt as bad as i thought it would be although i climbed at least 200 stairs. I was right near the top when my camera dyed ..: typical ..the view was amazing too ..but hey i guess im here for a while so i can always do it again.

Map of the route

The start of the path

100 steps..

The view from the diamond head which i robbed off google as i forgot to charge my camera battery :)

Aaaaaaaaaaand the view from the flat last night .. it was way pretty

So iv tried to cram a bit this post .. its getting harder keeping it updated ..but ill do my best :)

Bye for now

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In an emoticon ... :D

Okay so its 2.20 am and i should probably be either sleeping, planning my day tomorow or updating n uploading pics onto here. Know what im doin??..
Iv been listening to The Cure all night and am feeling pretty darn good..

i assumed that being in a different country everything would change ..like my normal habbits would diminish a bit .. but noope .. im in Hawaii and still doing the exact same thing as i would be on a sunday night in England

Im not sure whether thats good or bad .. and to be frank i dont really care .. im happy.

Sooo i can only hope that everyone else is feelin as good as me ..and if not .. "things can only get better".. in the wise words of D:ream

Tata for now and ill update this properly when im not feeling so damn fabulous :)

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