We woke up Saturday morning to a nice view.
The first day we kinda just drove around the northwest side of the island and found some place to go surfing. No pictures of my surfing attempts, sorry. Then we just hung out around the hotel and watched the sunset from the beach.
On Sunday Katie went scuba diving and my mom and I went snorkeling. We went to Molokini, a sunken crater off the coast, and Turtle town, an area know for its turtles. There were only 6 people diving/snorkeling on the boat, so it was really cool. On the way out to Molokini we saw 2 whales. That was awesome. Katie took some cool underwater pictures from her dives.
On Monday we went scuba diving again. This time I got to go as well. The three of us did an itro thingy in the pool at the hotel for fun. Then in the afternoon we had signed up for an intro dive at Coral Gardens. We were fortunate again and there were only 2 intro divers (me and some other guy). Katie dove as well, and of course the instructor. We saw 2 eels and lots of coral/fish. It was soo much fun!
Monday night was a bit hectic. Katie's ear really hurt and she was in pain. My mom took her to a physician. It turns out she had a perforated left ear drum. It probably happened sometime during our dive. Anyways it kinda put a hold on our parasailing planned for the following day. We couldnt travel anywhere high in altitude. Instead we went to Iao Needle, a state park. It was relaxing. And as we were leaving I pointed out this gigantic spider. This thing was huge.
Wednesday was our 'chill' day, which included no planned activities. We stopped by some shops, went out to lunch, and just hung out at the beach all day. My mom and I drove to Makena Beach. It was pretty. Then we drove along some road that headed to the south end of the island. We drove through some lava field. It looked cool. We concluded our night with a nice dinner, then watched a movie at the hotel. Thursday morning we woke up early and just looked out off the balcony. We then packed up, went out to breakfast, and went to the airport to catch our flight home.
