Kahuku Sand Dunes 01/16/11

After being sick for 2 weeks and missing a lot of potential beautiful adventure days, the storms started coming in. We were suppose to do Kamaileunu ridge but Keoni being the weather guru, he opted for a coastal hike. He was right because it started storming Waianae side while we were on our adventure (it stayed sunny where we were at though lol). Anyways, this adventure was super fun and I'd do it again with a visiting friend. We started off at Turtle bay Resort and just walked along the coast towards Kahuku. I found beautiful shells and a blue fishing buoy! My dad collected these things since I can remember and we hang them from our trees in our yard :)
There's a lot of beauty here and I hope they NEVER build an effing hotel there. We ended our adventure after cruising at a large tide pool and ventured back to my truck. Overall, the unique beauty of the Kahuku Sand Dunes as well as the ocean side was well worth it.

the beginning

turtle bay

we walked super far from Turtle Bay, hotel in the distance

look how huge that tree was.. me with my buoy :D

end of the world type of shizzz.
this reminded me of mackenzie park on the big island

good bye cruel world?? i wasn't that close..

Kealia Trail 01/04/11

I did this hike with a sinus infection and severely blistered feet with Keoni. We started on the 7 mile trail at 6:45am and finished at 11am. Thank god that there is the ocean because it's much needed to jump in the water after this grueling hike. Overall, the views of North shore and Makua Valley are very beautiful. If you do this trail to Makua Valley, you HAVE TO bring enough water or you will DIE from heat exhaustion. Not one small bottle of Dasani, you gotta have AT LEAST 1.5 liters/person. After this hike, my feet were effed up and my sinus infection turned into a chest infection. I learned my lesson.

switchback #???? here comes the sun

after the switchbacks there is a picnic table area. we rested here.

after walking up and down on a bullsh*t dirtroad for an hour 1/2..
we reached makua valley... why hello there~

walking the the Makua Valley ridge

Ka'au Crater 01/02/11

Ka'au Crater yo

FIRST HIKE OF THE NEW YEAR! This hike was pretty fun besides the narrow muddy path. There is a high chance of slipping and sliding down the mountain-side. There are three beautiful waterfalls with the third cascading waterfall that we had to climb. I thought that was the most fun part of the hike because it reminded me of something similar I did in Tahiti. Some of the ropes were pretty sketchy so please test the ropes before using them O__O I was a bit annoyed for not going up the rim but overall, it was a nice hike. The view of the hidden crater was cool.

walking along the stream

muddy trail..

second waterfall

who are we waiting for??

small kine peeved... but hey look at that view

frolicking back to the bottom... lol not really...

resting