Today was a day off from the beach. Instead we went to Lihue for some shopping at Hilo Hattie, Wal-Mart, and Macy’s. Then we went to the Lydgate Beach Park on the east coast. It was windy, cloudy, and quite cold. so we sat in the car while having lunch.

After lunch we decided to go back south and do some more shopping at the Poipu Shopping Center. I bought a new pair of swim shorts. Maybe if you are lucky you will see them on future photos at this blog.

But for the afternoon I used my old shorts when we rested at the Poipu beach. It was not cold but not really hot either. It was kind of perfect temperature for just relaxing and sleeping in the sand. Watching surfers in the big waves, 6-10 (2-3 m) feet on the south shore. Tomorrow the forecast was 6-10 feet with a warning that sometimes the double may occur. I think Kiahuna can be really fun tomorrow.

When we arrived at the Kiahuna beach this morning we were welcomed by big waves. Although it was quite windy it was still hot enough to have many reasons to go into the water and play in the big waves. And so we did… Many times. Afterwards we had sand everywhere, and big smiles on our faces.

We stayed at the beach past 5 pm to return directly to our room. There we prepared left overs from the other day. We had Indian curry ad watched American idol. Chie’s favorite is Jason Castro, a young boy with dreadlocks and good voice. Tonight Paula Abdul made a review of his second song before he even sung it. Might be that she is a fortune teller, just very confused, or there is something funky going on.

Our plan to go to Ke’e beach, the last (or maybe the first?) beach on the North Shore was spoiled as the remote key for the car stopped working. And we could not find the button to open the trunk from the inside. So we went to the car rental office and got the spare key… And found out how to open the trunk from the inside. Too late now.

Instead of going North we went to Borders bookshop, Longs Drugs, and to Big Save in Koloa. We also stopped by the post office in Lihue to buy stamps and post some post cards.

After that it was time to hit the beach. But not North. It is an hours ride at least. Since most of the morning was already gone and we had groceries in the car we first went home before going to a beach close by, Poipu beach.

Despite our trouble with the car we were lucky. On the beach was a giant sea turtle sun bathing (on the same spot as the Monk seals some days ago). And a few in the water eating as well. It is so fun to see them. So beautiful and gracious in the water and so clumsy and slow on land.

We spent the whole afternoon until almost 6 pm before returning home. Where we had bacon and tomato sauce pasta with salad for dinner.

We spent a wonderful day at the Kiahuna beach. We thought we were late arriving at 9:30 in the morning but we were lucky and found a parking spot. A whole day swimming in the big waves, relaxing in the sun and drinking Mai Tai and fruit smoothies at the Sheraton pool bar. It is for sure better than spending a day at the office.

On our way back home we stopped at the Poipu Shopping Center to check some of the stores. Chie found two dog leashes for Coco, which she bought. I found a pair of swimming shorts and a pair of pink Roxy sandals for a friend’s daughter, which I did not buy… Yet.

In the evening we had Indian curry at home. Great! And of course as on every night we had wine and Sobe before going to bed.

Today we went to the Moloa’a beach on the east coast. Moloa’a beach is a beautiful beach that usually does not have many visitors. Today was Saturday so there were quite a few locals here. Still the beach was not crowded. We spent the whole day here in the sun and in the shadow of the trees. And sometimes in the water.

On the way back to Poipu we stopped at the Kojima store to buy some kalbi to grill for dinner. We also stopped at Safeway to buy groceries before returning home where we had the grilled kalbi with green salad, macaroni salad, and grilled corn.

Oh, I almost forgot… You might have noticed my hair is shorter. Chie cut it for me this morning.