Hey again,
Sorry that we have been out of touch for so long but alas internet doesn't grow on trees out here. Though wifi does appear to grow in shopping centers :-)
(Jeramie you would love it, great coffee&free wifi)
Since our last post we have done so much. After escaping the Trail of death we enjoyed a well earned night in a hotel...trash tv&outdoor jacuzzi. Perfect. Unfortunatly a bit of a storm kicked up for our return to tent city&the entire North Shore was a washout. So after we met up with Bob, Judy, Chuck&Dorothy (sorry 4the spelling) to 'Talk Story' (Hawaiian catch up after a period of absence) they decided that there was no way they were going to let us camp so took us back 2their beautiful house in Princeville for the night. We had a great nite, great food and most of all great hospitality. B,J,C&D (i am sure you will be reading this) Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for the astonishing levels of kindness you have shown us! We hope we can repay you somewhere down the line!
After an almost tearful goodbye...man i am terrible at goodbyes...we got dropped down to Anini Beach (one of the beaches used in South Pacific). Though, it would appear that most beaches here have featured in some Hollywood Movie.
Anini was beautiful with some good snorkelling but it took us a few days 2find spots that you were actually swimming in rather than crawling over the coral. (most parts were less than 2m deep).
After a few more days we moved on to Anahola which is a beautiful beach that doubles up as a wind tunnel. After one day away we returned 2find the tent cowering in a little crumpled pile as our poles had broken in 3places (Naturally the tent only comes with 2spares).
After a quick fix (dropping the porch&using the spare poles) we settled in for the nite. After an hr or so i had that leg tickle every1 gets when camping out in a sleeping bag. I gave it a quick brush but this didn't stop the tickling sensation. I decided that it was just the hairs of my leg escaping the aftersun gel so i lay back relaxed that i had solved the mystery until...i got the horrible realisation...i didn't put aftersun on my legs. I pulled back my sleeping bag 2reveal a Hawaiian Centiped crawling up my leg...these r poisonous (naturally...and come under the same warnings as scorpions&black widow spiders). I shreeked like a little girl&flicked it off me. I felt better...it landed by dave...he then began 2shreek like a little girl. We then conducted a civil conversation to determine how best 2get the local wildlife out of the tent.
Now, i can't remember specifics of the conversation, or the exact selection of words used but both of our vocabularies had been sevearly stunted in the incident! We got around the lack of words by repeating a few more than once...so much so that i had to apologise to the young family camped next to us the following morning (thankfully the noise of the wind had stopped us from corrupting their daughter)
We eventually got it out...still fighting...to the death. It was close but the two big girls brandishing oversized dive knives won this time. We returned to the tent content in the knowledge we were both complete sissies!
Each nite since we hav conducted a tent clensing exercise.
Thankfully the local town of Kapa'a, just south of the campsite made the whole experience totally worthwhile. Great wee (small-for our american friends) shops, lovely people&our favourite 'Happy Hour' on the island. (Hawaiian Guiness...not ideal...stick with local beers)
We took a boat cruise up the Wailua River&saw the spot Harrison Fort runs away from the locals at the start of "Raiders of the Lost Ark" and Dave even got to do the Hooky Lau Shuffle (its been a while since i laughed so hard). Don't worry...i have the video so you too can share the magic!
We returned to find our tent in one piece&insect free.
That was last nite! We have since packed up camp, at got as far south as Lihue (Lee-who-A) for lunch and now we are heading for salt ponds which will be our home for the next 5days or so.
Chris is joining the excitement that is the Dave&Adam Hawaiian adventure as of 10am tomorrow morning.
I guess all that is left for now is to assure you all that we are both in good health, definately in better shape than we left, and having a great time.
Aloha,
Adam&Dave
