taichisurfing: Hawaii Day 2

Second day on the island. We are heading to Hanauma bay for some snorkeling fun but first we need fuel for our stomaches. We stopped by at Waikiki to find some to eat. After got lost and my wife drove on the wrong side of the road once, we found a little Korean restaurant next to a QuickSilver surf shop. It was a fun little interesting Korean place. The lunch specials were pretty good. I had Korean barbecue ribs. We talked to the young Korean waitress and she actually came from Corona, CA. She got tired of big city life so moved to Hawaii to get away from it all. She showed my wife how to eat a special rice dish by mixing a red spicy tofu paste with the rice and it was delicious.

Now with a full stomach, we headed out to Hanauma bay, only found we missed the freeway entrance. Actually it was a good thing because we had to drive on city street and found the Time Asian/Japanese supermarket (http://www.timessupermarket.com/).

Let me tell you, if you are an Asian like me, when in Hawaii, go to Time supermarkets. They have 12 locations in Hawaii and you can buy a lot of different Bento boxes for lunch. They are delicious and priced very reasonable. Eat like the locals and save a ton of cash. We loaded up with food, chips, drinks and ready to get on the road again.

Hanauma bay is so beautiful. We been here before, several years ago but things changed. First of all, there is now a paid parking lot that wasn't there before (or at least we did not have to pay). The most interesting thing about this parking lot is it has a lot of lamp posts and all of them has both a little windmill and a solar cell panel on top. It is always windy and sunny here so I thought that was a great green idea. We had to attend a 10 minute bay orientation, what to touch and what not, before we can head down to the bay. Actually I think it was a great idea too because so many people from all over the world came here to see this beautiful place and if they don't try to education and conserve it, it won't be around for too long.

Here are a few pictures that we took at the bay:

People snorkeling. There are lot of bright colorful tropical fish, blue, red, purple, yellow. Ah, I remember, I saw a couple convict fish. Guess why they call them that?