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Showing posts with label snorkeling. Show all posts
Showing posts with label snorkeling. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Aloha Au Ia 'Oe: Honeymoon Day 5!

Happy Tuesday!

Day 5 was our snorkeling trip to Molokini and Lanai. We went on a boat ran by the Pacific Whale Foundation. Our "tour" guides were all students and Marine Naturalists so they new a lot about marine life. I also felt so safe snorkeling with them- they had little rafts that they sat in a circle and watched us to make sure we were ok.  Some of them got in with us and pointed out certain fish or reef life!!
We were the first ones on the boat! Here are our seats. We decided to sit on top and at the side because this boat also looks for dolphins!!

That rock looking thing way out there is Molokini- our first snorkeling site and where we saw some dolphins- even baby ones!!

Look how clear it is- the coral is gorgeous!
We had an underwater camera here is a fish!

All of these red fish were right under the rock- there were hundreds of them!


See that tiny yellow and purple fish? She is a cleaner fish and if you stay by her you will see all kinds of fish coming to get clean!

This is where we saw the dolphins!
This was a day long excursion and they served us breakfast and lunch with cocktails on the way back to the dock! It was a lot of fun!
 Then we went to the Iao Needle which is a gorgeous state park.






There is a stream behind us where people jump in and go swimming!



It was such a gorgeous day! Tomorrow I am taking you on the road to Hana and a luau!

Friday, July 8, 2011

Aloha Au Ia 'Oe: Honeymoon Day 2!

Happy Friday! Are you ready for some snorkeling?? Danny has been to Hawaii twice before me and his favorite thing by far was snorkeling and so I agreed to give it a try! He took me to Hanama Bay on Oahu which is a marine conservation area and underwater park. This was one of the best places to learn because it is shallow and you can swim very close to the reef without touching it!


Before we got in the water we set up a little spot on the beach- but these birds looked like they wanted our food!! We had to hide it! Neat birds though-they all had red heads!

We got there super early enough to see the beautiful sunrise!



Here I am trying snorkeling for the first time- I had a lot of fun and if you decide to go to Hawaii make sure to have someone with you who knows how to snorkel or take a quick lesson! The first time in the water is a little scary and learning to breathe through a tiny tube is hard but well worth it!
We saw loads of turtles!!
Right after our first snorkel!
That night we went out to eat and walked our beach again- everything was so pretty!


Aloha and see you tomorrow!