First off, it should be noted that the Hawaii: Day Five gallery is now ready for business. We met Gary, Mayumi, Chuck, Danna, Tom, Sue and Jim at Duke’s Waikiki for a breakfast buffet, and then split for the beach as Chuck, Danna and Tom headed for the Waikiki Zoo, and Gary and Mayumi had a meeting with the “wedding company”.
Later on we met up with Gary, Mayumi, Chuck, Danna and Tom at the Hale Koa hotel and hit the beach again! We rented some sea-going kayaks, and later built a great sandcastle on the beach.
Later tonight, we eat at San Sei — a reputably great steak and sushi house for the pre-wedding meal! I shall eat my weight in raw fish! More later!!
Update: Well, the dinner at San Sei was quite nice, with some of the best sushi I’ve ever had. Highlights included the Japanese members of our party (Shin, Etsuko, and the Taki’s) ordered green and oolong tea, and the restaurant brought out *canned* green and oolong tea. Gary said this was the equivalent of the Bristol (or any decent restaurant) bringing out canned Minute Maid orange juice when you asked for a glass of OJ.
Further update: Oh yeah — I forgot to mention that during our outing with the kayaks, Gary and I got tangled up riding a wave back and we both flipped over into the sea! Normally not such a bad thing, but the area where we were was a very shallow reef-like area, with some spots having rocks poking out of the surf! Yeesh. Well, we both managed to get back on board, and paddled back into shore to exchange with Kelly and Mayumi. Kelly had a great time on the kayak, and we even spotted some giant sea turtles! Chuck followed a manta ray around out near the breakers, too.
The sandcastle was great fun — four grown men (and eventually Kelly) digging in the sand, offering up their own sand engineering tips. Eventually we had a large compound built around our central tower. I taught everyone how to make drip castles, and we festooned our creation with shells and drip-towers. I said to Gary — “In honor of your wedding, we present thee with this magnamous affront to God!” — and then it was swept into the sea.
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Try to steal away from the heathy sunshine-types for an hour and get inside the Bowfin with a fully charged camera, por favor…
Ben, if you read this, please tell Kelly she’s gorgeous. I mean, tell her again, from me this time. :)
You guys are sexy bitches!
…and receive nothing but scorn! The ladies were not up to getting inside the Bowfin, and it was something like $10 to do so at the end of a long day. BUT, I did manage to score you something from the gift shop, Geoffro.
Perhaps you can go the next time you’re in HI…
If not, you can borrow my pictures from the submarine that I was on in SC and just pretend. :)
well, actually i’m *glad* i didn’t go to the submarine — we would have missed out on the chance to hike to the top of Diamond Head crater, as we just squeaked in before closin’ time. So, boo-hoo, no submarine, but it’s not like I haven’t seen The Hunt for Red October or Das Boot. Or U-571 (the one where Bon Jovi gets decapitated by a flying hatch). No regrets.