Friday, August 29, 2008

Back from Hawaii

Dom and I had a great time on our Hawaii trip. We went snorkeling with turtles, dolphins, and thousands of fish. We went 100 feet under the sea in a submarine to get waved at by a green sea turtle. We went to a Luau and saw lots of traditional, and non-traditional hula dancing. We played water volleyball at Hawaii's famous sandbar, got laid 3 times, & saw the famed Nu'uanu Pali Lookout. We enjoyed the world's best cream puffs, had shaved ice at Waikiki, & found Dom's Pineapple Daiquiri. We went on a dinner cruise around the island and watched the sunset.


We faced our fears on the North Shore by going in a shark cage and seeing 3 types of sharks: Galapagos Sharks, Sandbar Shark, & a huge Tiger shark. We were especially happy about seeing the Tiger shark as we were told ahead of time that they are very rare to see. Only 7 were seen last year and Hawaii Shark Encounters website says they only show a couple times a year & they are very shy. Our tiger was far from shy and kept coming back for more photos & video. Here is one video of the tiger shark:
Here is a video I shot of a swimming turtle. You can tell I got ran over by a few other snorklers. Funny!


Here are some pictures of our trip:

Saturday, August 23, 2008

Hawaii Day Two - Dolphins!!


It's day two of our Hawaii vacation and today Dom and I went on a snorkling trip in search of dolphins. We saw TONS of them!! They were so amazing. Diving in the air, flapping their tales, swimming around and under us. It was way more amazing then I could have imagined. We also saw a bunch of sea turtles and tons and tons of fish. It was a great day. Here are some of our photos from the trip. We have some video as well - including a swimming turtle. I didn't catch the dolphins with the video camera as I was too busy watching them to figure out the camera. Sorry folks, but the pictures are wonderful thanks to the photographer who went with us. She rocks!