A leisurely sleep in and then decision making time as to what to do. I cant believe it my husband asked if there was any shops I wanted to visit today (was it because it was our anniversary!), however being the lovely wife I am I suggested we hit the water. Q didn’t need asking twice.
Decided to head to Wai’alea Beach Park (also known as beach 69 as it is by the 69th lamp post!). This looked like a great beach after reading our Snorkel Hawaii book. It was a great beach, the only thing was that we didn’t realise you had to pay for the parking lot at the beach (and there was no where else to park), I had only taken a $50 or $20 note in case we needed anything, no credit cards, as we had been advised to leave nothing of value in the car or on the beach anywhere in Hawaii. Parking was by cash or credit card and gave no change, at only $5 I really didn’t feel like using a $20. So it was a quick head back towards the Shops at our resort, which was luckily only 10 mins away. I sent Quentin into buy a bottle of water or something so we could get change, quicker than going back to the unit, unlocking everything, finding where we had safely stored our cash etc etc Now I know how animals must feel when left in the car, even though Quentin had told me to put the window down there had been no point as there was no breeze, only hot burning sun. Just when I thought I was going to die (slight exaggeration, only slight!) he returned. Phew, could have been messy.
Back to the beach, which was just lovely, as well as sunny spots there was plenty of big trees offering shade. Within seconds we were in the water swimming with the fishes and two hours later we were out. It really was a lovely spot and the water very warm.
Home, lunch, relax, then get ready for dinner. We had a lovely dinner at Napua Beach Club. The atmosphere was divine. Right on the beach, very small so not too many tables, a slack key guitar player and incredibly attentive staff. Q had the calamari appetiser which was the tube of the squid kept whole, doused in panko crumbs, deep fried and then served with a tomato salsa, with a wasabi and chilli mayo. It was very very good.
I just had a Caesar salad. For our main we both had the slow roasted pork ribs with guava sauce on asian slaw and mash. They were just beautiful. When they arrived we were wondering how we would eat them as they didn’t come with a finger bowl or anything. However the meat was so tender it just fell of the bones. They were yummy. After that we were pretty full and wanted dessert so decided to take a quiet stroll along the beach front for 15 mins or so in the hope that we could make room. Surprise, surprise we did. I had Turtle Cake which was chocolate cake with caramel and chocolate ganache. I thought it would be rich, but boy it was ultra rich and I could only manage half.
Quentin had deep fried banana, vanilla ice cream and caramel sauce. All very very yummy and the perfect way to end our first anniversary.
On the drive back home we discovered a gorgeous wee tabby pussy cat waiting outside our villa on the warm concrete. Lots and lots of pats later it decided it had enough and continued on it’s quest of catching cockroaches and eating them. Lovely, NOT.
One of the animals that aren’t so great on the island especially on the east side is the Coqui Frog, we haven’t heard any here but when we were out on the lava it was all we could hear. They have become a real pest, only tiny but their croak can reach 80 to 100 decibels. So pretty damn loud, click here if you want to hear one.