So I landed in Kauai to find a costco! And even a Walmart! I am really surprised, but looking at everything else, the island put me in a state of bliss. A state where I really would do what I desire and leave earthly pressures behind. I take this trip as a vacation from a vacation!! Can you believe that? I need a vacation from my vacation. My body was so beat up with scratches and bruises that I was just starting to sit around. Now in this second level vacation, I feel a relaxation from my first vacation. So from now on I'll make it a point to always have 2nd level vacations and maybe will even go to the 3rd level, if needed. Well, in this mini-vacation, I am having a ball!!!
I met with a med student who's out in Oahu for a month for a job and we went to Kauai. His name is Andy and he's a cool kat. We get along really well. Reminds me of a highschool kinda friendship. Its been a while since I had a new friend like that. Well... since high school. So this morning we headed out to a waterfall where they have a rope swing. 20 feet high above the lagoon this swing seemed kinda dangerous, but wow, once I got on, I didn't look back. It was a BLAST!! The lagoon had warm fresh water that felt really good to swim in.
Then after we finished there we headed out to shipwreck beach. We were going to to jump a 50 feet cliff, but when we got to the top and looked down into the blue. We were like, oh SHIT! Our excuse was that there was no local person there jumping and we didn't want to jump at the wrong spot and into the rocks! That would certainly hurt.
And THEN, we went over to some other beach where we went to a spot where the lava had formed into a huge jaccuzi. It was a great spot to relax until massive waves started to beat down on us.
Then we went to a fresh water cave where that was getting real dark. It was like the earth's mouth about to swallow us and honestly it scared the big jesus out of us. But we ended up swimming a little bit in the cold, cold water but didn't have the guts to go into the depths where it was dark as hell and bats could have housed us.
oh, and I had some shaved ice today! Yummy
I met with a med student who's out in Oahu for a month for a job and we went to Kauai. His name is Andy and he's a cool kat. We get along really well. Reminds me of a highschool kinda friendship. Its been a while since I had a new friend like that. Well... since high school. So this morning we headed out to a waterfall where they have a rope swing. 20 feet high above the lagoon this swing seemed kinda dangerous, but wow, once I got on, I didn't look back. It was a BLAST!! The lagoon had warm fresh water that felt really good to swim in.
Then after we finished there we headed out to shipwreck beach. We were going to to jump a 50 feet cliff, but when we got to the top and looked down into the blue. We were like, oh SHIT! Our excuse was that there was no local person there jumping and we didn't want to jump at the wrong spot and into the rocks! That would certainly hurt.
And THEN, we went over to some other beach where we went to a spot where the lava had formed into a huge jaccuzi. It was a great spot to relax until massive waves started to beat down on us.
Then we went to a fresh water cave where that was getting real dark. It was like the earth's mouth about to swallow us and honestly it scared the big jesus out of us. But we ended up swimming a little bit in the cold, cold water but didn't have the guts to go into the depths where it was dark as hell and bats could have housed us.
oh, and I had some shaved ice today! Yummy
