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Last night we took a look at all the little shops on the main strip in Waikiki. There are tons and tons and tons of t-shirt shops! We headed towards the beach to catch the sunset. There, we saw a crowd of people sitting on the grass, and a stage and lights set up. We found a perfect spot to view the sunset, cute surfer boys, and a free! heritage program where the mayor spoke and dancers danced the story of the islands through traditional hula.We were thrilled :)
We headed back to our place, ate, and crashed out.
This morning we headed to Manoa falls using Hawaii's public transportation. We waited on a bus bench and we discussed our game plan on meeting people, and meeting our future hawaiian boyfriends, and why we are a good-catch, and while discussing such matters we were simultaneously applying deodorant and sunscreen...we might as well have been clipping our toenails and plucking stray hairs. WE HAD A GOOD LUAGH AT OURSELVES once we realized what we must look like... Anywayssss we must say, OAhu's public transportation is  a bit classier than good ol' Portland's. And we didn't get lost today. In fact, a girl was  nice enough to tell us that there was another stop that would take us closer to the trail.

The hike to the waterfall was basically an easy going muddy buddy. Over rocks and roots we went! At the top the view of the waterfall was quite  amazing! We just did not get enough of hiking soooo we decided to take a side trail. Good idea at the time... Lets just say that the muddy trail just got muddier and more narrow. Kayleigh being the deligent walker that she is wanted to try and keep her shoes as clean as possible so she was weaving in and out of the mud puddles. Bec gave up after she flung mud from her sandal to her face on the previous trail :) Well long story short Kayleigh was using some bamboo for support and ending up slipping and doing the nature's version of an eliptical for a few seconds before sliding to the trail. Hilarious. Proud of ourselves for not peeing our pants then and there!

After our hike back to the main road we stumbled across an arboretum (that is now pronounced abor-tree-um... okkk maybe you had to be there for that one). This was a gorgeous little path that led us to an inspirational view. After our rest.. Off to the city we gooooo. Back to Waikiki for some relaxation on the good ol beach!

It was the most perfect day for the beach! So super sunny, not a raindrop in sight...NOT. As we were were beebopping our way to the beach it was a raining and a raining. All the other beach goers were running back to their hotels, but not us. There we were headed to the waves with our snorkel gear in tow. The rain stopped when we got there and we enjoyed a lazy afternoon.

We had a date with the lady who is renting us the condo so we went to get a money order and rushed to meet her at 6pm in the lobby. We nearly had a collision with a jazzy red lexus but thankfully it saw us and embarrassed the heck out of us by honking at us :( oopps A guy came up behind us though and said,"Has that happened to you guys alot here? I don't know what it is about Hawaii but I've done that too, just walk right out in front of cars". hahaha As we continued our walk back we scored some coupons for happy hour! (we gratefully snatched out of the guy's hands).

We met with Irene, got the keys to our "permanent residence" (so excited to really unpack our bags), had dinner and that puts us where we are now, sitting on our lanai, enjoying the breeze and beauty of Hawaii!

Goodnight and aloha! :)