putting the knit in shizknitz

Typical vacations will retreat me into a type of panic - being away from internet, email and usually I will go to extremes to stay connected (Kinkos is my international friend). Perhaps it is the peacefulness of this place, or the fact that everything here is so down to earth, but I haven’t been as affected by the magnetism of getting online. It’s not even that I don’t have access - my boyfriend has a Treo 600 and the place we’re staying has cable modem.

This evening is probably the first time since we’ve been here that we haven’t been running around, eating or catching up on sleep which is my excuse for not posting anything so far. There is so much to say, and so many beautiful photos I have taken. I’ll backtrack later, but for now, I’ll give you a quick review of today

8 AM - Wake up…. yawn
9:45 AM - arrive at Pier 8, for our reserved tickets onboard the Star of Honolulu for some whale watching! The first interesting thing was that everyone at the ticket counter were Japanese, and every sign onboard the vessel were written in both English and Japanese. In fact, there was a J interpreter who translated everything into J. This really shows the amount of J tourists onboard this trip. We started by walking around the decks, followed by a nice lunch brunch. Towards the end of the trip we had some whale sightings!!
1:20 PM - stop at the dock, fed some gorgeous fish in the bay, walked downtown Honolulu (the historical district)
4 PM - Stop at Cold Stones for some hella good ice cream.
6 PM - Walk to the neighborhood Weight Watchers, as a good WW should, especially after gorging in ice cream.
8:30 PM - rotating Sushi, my favorite scallops and spicy tuna, yum!
9:20 PM - buying Aloe for all of my sunburns, ALL over my body…. I’m burnt krisp!!!! Who knew that whale watching was so exposing to the sun!

Stay Tuned for hopefully-soon updates!