We only had one thing planned for the day, and that was to swim the sharks with the North Shore Shark Adventures. We happened to pick the last tour of the day and ended up waiting at the dock for a while with a couple from Australia. We noticed that there quite a number of Aussies in Hawaii, many were there to go shopping on top of the regular vacation activities.
Our tour group of twenty some odd people were split up into three groups to dive into the shark cage with our snorkeling equipment and see the sharks. I am glad that we had purchased a waterproof camera as I would not have been able to convey how many sharks we were able to see just from surface photos.
It was probably one of the most exciting excursions that we went on during the entire trip. Amazingly enough, we did not recall ever signing a waiver form before, during, or after we got on the ship.
Us and the shark cage used by North
Shore Shark Adventures.
Aoki's Shaved Ice was fairly renowned
and pretty tasty!
The North Shore is well known for the surf and there were many surfers and body boarders while we were sitting on the beach. We had the occasional drizzle from a passing cloud and saw a number of rainbows as well.
That's me relaxing and watching the surf
at the North Shore of Oahu.
On the drive back, we stopped off at one of the rocky shores to take some photos and to explore Pupukea Beach Park.
Maggie in front Pupukea Beach Park on the north shore of Oahu.
Our last stop along the North Shore was Haleiwa Joe's for dinner. Although it got rated fairly well we were a little disappointed with the food there.
So it seems as if the link I had to the Polynesian Cultural Centre was flagged as a bad site. I double checked the link and, yup, I got a warning when I tried to visit it. I double checked if the link was changed and no, the search and Wikipedia still point to the same page so.. I just removed the link. We will see how the repost goes.
One of our posts was unpublished due to a violation of some sort of Malware and Viruses policy. It was the one regarding the Tamashiro Market and Polynesian Cultural Centre from over a decade ago. https://jenningandmaggie.blogsp ot.com/2012/01/tamashiro- market-and-polynesian.html Well, let's see what the issue is..
Elsy finally went to school yesterday for the first time. This was many months in the making, seeing as her original debut would have been a year ago, but we had decided to have her taught virtually for the 2020-2021 school year. She was quite excited to go and took to the class very well. The backpack she brought was about half her size and about half her weight, but we did include everything she might need: clothes, rain gear, lunch, snacks, masks, you name it. The first day went fairly well for her. She did say she met a nice girl who turned into a bully, but we will see how the rest of the year pans out as things settle down this first month.
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