We awoke to a drizzly day where pretty much everything was wet. I went to bed wearing every piece of warm clothes I brought with me! Cold and rainy in Hawaii... who would have thought!
We had breakfast under a open air building which I'm pretty sure was built for mornings like those! We then packed up all the camping supplies, piled into the van and headed to the beach.
Katie was not about promising anything on the tour and she was always really honest about what we would see. So before we left she said it was very likely we will see turtles. I didn't want to hope too much. Kind of like when you go whale watching you see them in the distance but you don't actually see them close.
I was wrong! After getting all out snorkel gear out we headed to a black sand beach. Walking to the snorkel area we saw some turtles a little way out but as we got closer to beach access there were many turtles coming up to the beach to sun. In one area there were four giant turtles just hanging out.
We then headed into the water to go snorkeling. It was AMAZING! The water was brackish so it was really cold and really warm. Along the bottom of the ocean was schools of yellow and black fish. There was not a lot of coral but there was a lot of fish! And then the turtles arrived. I followed this giant turtle out into the ocean. I didn't touch them because it's illegal but I was close enough to touch them. We saw a few more turtles and followed them around. At that point I was swimming back to the group (I wasn't that far out) but then Katie pointed to my left and I turned to look and there was a giant turtle swimming right next to me. So close it scared the crap out of me!
We then headed to a coffee and macadamia nut farm. I bought a few bags of coffee and a smokey sweet bag of mac nuts. I also bought three lilikois for a dollar. I ate two and gave one to the Swiss couple. It's so good! I've realized I love passion fruit!!!
We then headed to the last beach for a little more snorkeling. This beach had way more coral and fewer schools of fish but there were a few interesting fish like long skinny ones and purple and yellow cleaner fish.
By this time it's 4pm and most of us have not had a shower in three days (I managed to wash my hair at one of the showers near the beach that allow soap.) Most people were ready to call it a day where I don't need to be at the airport until 7pm. So Katie took me to the Kona Brewing Company for dinner. The Lilikoi beer was so amazing!
Stay turn for my epic birthday day post next!
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