Turtles and Waimea



Today we set off to swim with the turtles at a beach on the western side of the island, close to the Disney resort. It wasn’t signposted at all, and I’m not sure how M knew they were there. It was at a little rocked-in cove, with no facilities. We saw a couple of friendly creatures, and admired their swimming style.

Lunch was at a Mexican restaurant nearby, which served delicious corn chips and salsa.

From there we rejoined the main highway north to Waimea, where we swam again, enjoying the extra buoyant seawater. The sun and sand were hot, and the ocean cool and refreshing. We saw many military bases during our round-island tour and enjoyed the changing scenery.

The two mountain ranges create great misty clouds which sit on the range top, and the northern side of the island was windswept and dark, in contrast to the sunny and vividly bright Waikiki. The ‘Jurassic Park’ movies and the TV series ‘Lost’ were filmed here, to give you an idea of the spectacular scenery of the island.

Sun lounging and swimming in the afternoon, followed by dinner at the Yard House again. We walked a lot during this holiday – it was about 1.5km from our hotel into the restaurants and shops. There were very friendly cab drivers, but walking seemed like a good idea to help wear off some of the (fine) American cuisine.