Snorkeling at Hanauma Bay

I don't have much time to blog, since time on the computer here is very expensive. Travalon and I flew to Denver, then we flew west, over fascinating landscape and boring ocean, until we hit some turbulence. That was exciting, but not in a good way. Finally we landed in beautiful Honolulu. Everything here is as beautiful as I'd imagined: the beaches, the palm trees, the mountains. Travalon and I had dinner outside at a tiki bar overlooking the ocean, then we took a walk along the beach. There was a festival going on with a parade that went on for hours and a big fireworks display at the end.

Today we woke up around 4 am because of jet lag. We had breakfast at sunrise overlooking the beach, then we took a long walk along the beach, and then we went to Hanauma Bay to snorkel. This was the best snorkeling I've ever done, with tons of different varieties of very beautiful and surprisingly friendly fish. The bay has cliffs around it, and from the top of the cliff you look down on palm trees and turquoise water. It really was paradise!

Sorry this is so brief. More soon!

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Terror on the High C's

Wednesday, like most other days of the week, is a good time to reminisce about tropical vacations. While this picture may look as if I am on life support, what I am actually doing is snorkeling.

Is This Hell... or Cozumel??

(photo credit: Tiffy, using my disposable water camera)

I know this doesn't explain the title of this post, although Tiffy and I were "attacked" by pirates on Key West. The religious differences were too great, however - Tiffy and I being Catholic, and pirates of course following the Flying Spaghetti Monster - so it didn't work out.

Once there was a woman named Florence Foster Jenkins who was a terrible singer. She used to have recitals all the time, and people begged to attend them because they were so entertaining. She used to have numerous costume changes during each recital, and her accompaniest would make fun of her behind her back. What's my point? Just that if you are not a very good singer, and you have recitals but nobody wants to attend, maybe you should make them more entertaining. Just sayin.'

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