Hawaii Day 8 - Friday April 26, 2013 - Cruising

Thanks to L&D we hired a car and spent the whole of our last day driving around the island (Oahu). L drove and did a great job; it's certainly not something I would have attempted (and I wouldn't have let Gibbo drive either; he's bad enough driving in Oz). We drove up the middle (roughly), across the top and then down the right hand side. It was one of those things that you imagine yourself doing but don't really think you ever will! We saw several iconic Hawaiian sites, including the famous Pipeline (that was actually more like a trickle on the day)! We put the top down and just cruised, with the sun shining down and the wind whipping our hair! It was great.

Putting the top down.

Back seat driver.

Back seat navigator.

More navigating.

Driving on the right (wrong) side of the road!

A pic out through the roof.

The first beach.

Beach 2 - apparently turtles come out of the water here to sun themselves and lay their eggs - but not the day we were there.

The famous Pipeline. It was a kitten!!

Smashed the Pipeline!!!!!!

Giovanni's Shrimp Truck!

Garlic Shrimp.

Lemon Butter Shrimp.

Beach 3 - I fell asleep here while the other guys swam.

No, we don't have matching togs. It just looks like it.

The view from The Crouching Lion.

He talked with an American accent!

More cocktails.

That night we went to a very swank Italian restaurant; Gibbo had more shrimp (!) and I had the beef/pork/veal tagliatelle bolognaise.