Casual trip to Hawaii..

After the homeleness of the Beagle, I was pretty sad to be back in a hostel in Seattle!

We stayed in the Green Tortoise which is across the street from Pike Place Market. The reviews make out this place to be amazing but I'd go with Average at best!

We went up the Space Needle, wandered round Pike Place Market, just managed to catch them throwing the fish which is definately a talent! We had a coffee in the first ever Starbucks and caught a ferry over to Bainbridge Island for the afternoon.
Predictably it rained.

We weren't too upset about the weather as our next stop was a cheeky trip to Hawaii, we had managed to get cheap flights out to Honolulu when we were in Nashville.

The flight was very budget, a six hour flight with no food, entertainment or leg room! The free mai tais sweetened the deal slightly!

We staying in Wakiki for the whole ten days we were there. Food and drinks were so expensive, the $8 loaf of bread was a breaking point for us, so we bought food in bulk for the week and cooked our own food! Accomodation left little to be desired as well, but Hawaii is Hawaii!

Spent all the time baking on the beach. It became a bit unbearable at 35°c everyday, all you could concentrate on was the sweat literally running off you which meant reading was impossible. Floating around in the sea soon sorted that problem! You weren't short of entertainment however, the beach was full of overenthusiastic Japs trying to impress their girlfriend by surfing which ultimately ended up by ending up face first in the shallow part of the water. I even witnessed a Small child running out of the water, planting its face in the sand, then running after the other kids in the water barely able to see through all the sand caked on its face! Comedy Gold.

We obviously found time to appreciate the odd Mai Tai (would be rude not too) and the live music! It wasn't quite the imagined white sand, deserted beaches, more tacky tourist central but it was so much fun!

Wasn't too sad to leave, my skin had started to blister in the heat and I'm looking forward to California which is fast approaching!!