USA!
Playing Backpacker at backpacker hostel with other backpackers
The Rabbit rock (or snail acc to G)
So from Fiji to the US of A! but to ease ourselves gently back into the fast lane of life we went via Hawaii for 8 more nights of sun, surf and snorkelling.
We were lucky to make our flight, it being 3 hours early and all... lucky we were at the airport 5 hours early with our luggage a small 5 fiji minutes (half hour) behind us. And lucky to live through the cava fuelled driving on the way! A very nice Hawaiian leant us his home address for US immigration at the airport (apparently you're supposed to have an address before you fly?!) and then fed us home caught and cooked lobster for lunch! we're gettin' to love friednly locals :)
We ended up sat in exit seats (yippee for long legs) but some giant git had nicked the one with extra leg room... this was Joe. Lucky Joe then got the priveledge of our company for our time in Hawaii, some may call this stalking but we like to think of it more as sharing the same space. We tagged on as he made his way to his (ooooeeee) prebooked hostel, the scummy YHA Waikiki. Not pretty to look at but very friendly - the hostel that is! 4 nights in Waikiki flew by, the obligatory surf lesson was 'coool dude'. From here we headed north, our plans to visit Big island thwarted by Hawaiian Airlines, we consolled ourselves in our Hawaiian Backpacking paradise. A very special but extremely homely hostel on north shore that contrary to rumours had only one cockroache and it wasn't even in the kitchen, provided a great hangout for games of backpacker cards (cheers fudge) between snorkelling sessions. The many local turtles (Crush, Squirt and the gang) provided good entertainment as did the local wild pigs at the hostel bbq.
We left Joe heading back to Waikiki and we hopped onto a plane to Chicago without him and just a little lost with no one to stalk... i mean no Joe. Just 4 nights and we'll be home, hope you're ready (add afew nights and a plane journey for Gu)
love to all
xx
ps Joe is sooo like fudge its not funny, so sis, if fudge is getting a bit old for you Joe's only 19 and i'm sure we can do something about his girlfriend. Only joking fudge, we love you most x
posted by Caroline @ 04:24
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