*please note maddie cutting pineapple the fancy way we learned at the dole plantation
i am impressed if you scrolled through all those photos and even more so if you actually read any/all of this post. i haven't written on this blog in over a year, but have been wanting to do a better job at documenting my life lately, so i'm back at it. i spent last week in hawaii vacationing and visiting my friend maddie who moved there recently from NYC, where we were roommates. i have always wanted to visit hawaii and was so sad when maddie left the city, so we decided a trip was in order. maddie lives on oahu, in laie right next to BYU hawaii and the LDS temple. i want to get sappy for a second and say how grateful i am that we are friends and that she let me visit her. she is so thoughtful and fun and was the very best hostess/tour guide/navigator/adventure buddy all week. maddie is a total go-getter; in new york we always packed our days full of as many cool destinations and activities as possible, and i love that we did the same thing in hawaii. we fit a lot into one week! here is everything that we did:
arrived in honolulu in the evening
picked up my rental car and drove to laie
dinner at seven brothers at the mill
bikini beach
laie point
kawela bay (the water here was so beautiful and perfect for swimming, also this is where the cool banyan tree from lost and some pirates of the caribbean sequel is)
lunch at wailua bakery in haleiwa
sunset pillbox hike
watched the sunset at backyards beach
dinner at elephant truck (my favorite meal of the trip! the pad thai and panang curry were incredible)
breakfast at hukilau cafe (it inspired the diner in 50 first dates, also has great pancakes)
rode the pineapple express and ate dole whips at the dole plantation (dole whip might be the real reason i came to hawaii)
went to see "lion"
manoa falls hike (this is the stunning waterfall you see in the photos above)
watched the sunset at waikiki
dinner at teddy's bigger burgers
pearl harbor memorial (a moving experience and the memorial is so beautiful)
punchbowl cemetery
lunch at eggs n things
malasadas at leonard's bakery (malasadas are portugese filled donuts and are SO tasty)
cromwell's beach
watched the sunset at tantalus lookout (stunning view overlooking honolulu. the number 1 rule of hawaii is to never miss a sunset!)
snuck panda express into "la la land"
frozen yogurt at menchie's
scenic horseback ride at gunstock ranch (this was beautiful and so fun. i probably hadn't been horseback riding in 10 years)
lunch at giovanni's shrimp truck and kahuku farms
snorkeling at hanauma bay (neither of us had been snorkeling before and it ROCKED MY WORLD)
watched the sunset on the makapu'u lighthouse trail
dinner at papa ole's
snuck into the hot tub at the turtle bay resort
ate birthday cake!
crouching lion hike (this was my favorite hike and the view was so beautiful it looked fake)
ocean trampoline at pounders beach
peanut butter rolls at papa ole's (omg get these, they are to DIE FOR)
acai bowls from haleiwa bowls
snorkeling at sharks cove (we loved snorkeling so much we had to go again)
matsumoto shave ice in haleiwa (there is always a crazy line but i loved this place, it's a must)
watched the sunset at keiki beach
dinner at north shore tacos truck
ate chocolate cream pie from ted's bakery and watched "this is us"
walked around the laie temple grounds
breakfast acai bowls at banzai bowls (banzai bowls, can you plz open in new york? so delicious)
talked on the beach at kawela bay until i had to leave
cried all the way to the airport
every inch of hawaii is so beautiful and there is so much to do. i had the time of my life. thank you, maddie. i miss you (and your island) already.
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