After I had arrived in Hawaii after my 6 hours flight  – one little stop-over on the Christmas Island, where all the passengers from the flight had to wait in a really small room – I took a cab from the airport to my hostel.

Welcome to the United States

My hostel was at the Waikiki Beach and it is a really good one to check in for 8 nights. I got to know some other Germans from the hostel. Two cool guys from Hamburg, who did their work and travel in Canada for one year, and a nice couple also from Germany. We decided to go together to Hanauma Bay the next day. That’s a lovely snorkelling spot, about half an hour by bus from the hostel. On our way to Nahauma Bay we had a really funny bus driver, who explained everything to the passengers.

He made good jokes, and we spent a funny time with him. At Hanauma Bay we had to pay 7.50$ admission fee and had to watch a movie about the history of Hanauma Bay.

After that we were allowed to go in. So we did. We went to the water and were about to go snorkelling, when I realized that my “new” snorquelling equipment which I bought in Fiji, had been damaged during the transport in the plane. So I decided to rent some snorquel equipment at Hanauma Bay for one day. It was worth it, I saw a turtle…

, really beautiful fish

… and enjoyed a  lovely day together with the other guys.

 

On our way home we had gone to Starbuck’s before we returned to our hostel. There I met a really nice Vietnamesian girl (Quin) from Germany, had a good conversation with her and went out to a restaurant. It was a great evening and I had really enjoyed my first days in Hawaii.