I woke up early this morning, I think I’m a little jetlagged. I haven’t done a lot today. Well after all, I’m on vacation, so I don’t specifically have to do something! I walked along Waikiki Beach, then I continued to the Ala Moana Center, a large shopping mall located a few miles from my hotel.
Waikiki Beach was a little bit disappointing. In fact, there is only a little sand strip between the pavement and the water, maybe 20 to 30 meters. So you are almost directly in the water. Don’t expect to walk on a long continuous sandy beach, as its largest portion is a succession of coves… However, I had a very good time watching lifeguards and surfers. These ones are very very handsome guys with a nice tan. I think the import of these species in Belgium should be mandatory, maybe I will to try to order them online for Christmas… Anyway, there I was, standing with both feet in the water, carefully contemplating the glorious and heavenly display of perfect bodies paddling in the water (for scientific purposes, don’t even try to imagine anything else…). I don’t know where my mind was, but it was clearly not focused on the wave that was coming. Yes folks, there are waves, and that’s exactly the reason why people surf here… I let you imagine what happened next: water splashed around me and my short was totally soaked. It took 20 minutes to dry in the sun. Great. Next time, I’ll be more careful.
I’m surprised to see so many Asian people here: Japanese, Koreans, … You see and hear them everywhere! That’s cool, I’m in my environment! I also found a large Japanese supermarket (Shirokiya) where you can buy lots of Japanese products, and also sushis, bento boxes, mochi rice cakes, … and all the other Japanese specialties.
I'm really starting to like Hawaii because it’s mainly a non-smoking State (like California): you don’t see many smokers here. It’s not like in Belgium… For those desperately wanting to smoke, well, they have to go outside and can’t be closer than 20 feet from any building…
And to finish, the sunset on this Tuesday 24 March 2009!!
