Kayaking off Kailua and other adventures
Trip Start
May 01, 2008
1
5
13
Trip End
Jan 04, 2009
Kailua,
Hawaii,
United States
Sunday, June 29, 2008
I had to work the next two days, however on Friday night we started our adventures again. After work on Friday we went and toured the Waikiki area and had a delicious meal at a local restaurant. The place was called P.F. Chang's, and anyone ever coming to visit the Waikiki area should visit it.
We headed out to the Manoa Valley for a hike on Saturday, and ended up spending a number of hours climbing across the hills overlooking Honolulu until we reached the Makiki Heights, a distance of about 12km. The weather was absolutely perfect on Saturday, with not a cloud anywhere in the sky, even up in the hills which are almost always shaded by some low hanging clouds.
On Sunday we staged our biggest trip yet, a full day trip across Oahu to the windward side to visit Kailua and go kayaking off Kailua beach. The beach's claim to fame is that it is one of the seven most beautiful beaches in the world, and while I might not go that far I must say the beach and the backdrop of the hills behind is breathtaking. The coast is dotted with little islands and bird sanctuaries, and we rowed out to many of them. Upon reaching them we of course had to climb all the way around them, which was no easy task. The views of little inlets and rushing waves over the top of brightly coloured fish were well worth it though, and this was easily one of the best parts of the day.
Renting kayaks is a pricey $45 for the day, but definitely worth it if you can spend the majority of the day on the water. Also, as we quickly learnt, bringing sunscreen is a must or you will be very, very burnt at the end of all things.
