First day in Oahu

Well, our adventure continued today. We woke up at 6am and got ready to go to the Farmer's Market in Kapolei (15 miles from Honolulou). We saw a rainbow on the way. We found all sorts of interesting foods. We have lots of veggies for stir fry in our kitchenette and then picked up some local sweet potatoes that are purple inside (super cool). Then we got a fruit that we've never heard of....a breadnut fruit. We're going to try that tomorrow.

We drove all along the Eastern coast up to Mahaka beach. We passed through a lot of poverty along the way. The beach was nice, not too hot and mostly cloudy. And....I saw a sea turtle pop its head up in the water only 4 feet from the water's edge.

We went to a local grocery store to pick up some basics and stopped for a late lunch in Honolulu at Uncle's Fish Markt on pier 38. We had a local dish called Poke (po-ki). Its raw tuna with soy sauce and cole slaw type greens in it with green onions, sesame, ginger, and a bit of spice. We also had some cooked ahi tuna belly with rice (and a corona of course).

We then came back to the hotel and we discovered that I did a VERY bad job on Brian's sunscreen. He has a few red blotches from places I missed. One on each arm and one on his left side.

We rested a bit and then walked to Waikiki beach for the sunset and to watch some hula. Then we wandered about a bit to expore. We made some stir fry for dinner in our room with our farmers market food.

Tonight, we are hoping for a better nights sleep since we found a nice noisy fan for $14 at Home Depot. We need it to block out all the noisy drunkards from "Tsunami's" and "Senor Frog's" down the street. Also, we seem to be in a prime location for men to rev the engines of their uber cars and motorcycles.

Tomorrow we are looking at a rental in Waipahu and have our most important job interview in the afternoon.

I have been trying to post pictures in my slide show, but the wireless network I am working on is slow and its not working as well as at home.

Wish us luck tomorrow!