So we are in Hawaii!! It's brilliant. Hot, sunny, tropical but not too sweaty - yet. Bit of swell but no wind. The people are friendly, laid back and cool. We have been busy since arriving and spending the night on the floor of Honolulu airport. Met our landlords who are a local couple who seem to know everyone around. Allen has lent us a couple of old longboards which fit badly in the back of our very shitty but cheap car. Here is Erica on the beach just at the end of our street called Paia. The island is proud of its beaches and they all have nice little parks next to them.
Allen took us spear fishing. He makes his own spear guns which are works of art. We went down to the south side of the island which is empty and volcanic so completely different from the north. Jumped off the rocks and  
started shooting pretty much anything that moved. Size didn't seem to matter. And the octopus in the middle was fair game too. Luckily didn't see anything too big but one of the lads said he saw a 4 ft white tip reef shark! I saw a turtle.
We met a really nice couple from Alaska in the pub. Met up this morning for a surf at the Waikiki equivalent on Maui called the Cove where tiny little waves roll gently on in. Had a blast catching the little rollers. Erica caught a couple of nice ones and by the end was standing and riding them right in to the beach. Then our new friends smuggled us in to their fancy hotel where we lived it up for the afternoon swimming about and drinking Heinekens. 
Just saw the weather and no sign of wind until next week!!!!! Its supposed to be windy all the time. Gee. Ah well. Plenty of other stuff to do so we won't get bored.