Hawaii Preserve

Today we wanted to see a little more of 'natural' Hawaii, so we headed to the Hanauma Bay which is a short drive from Waikiki Beach. It is a nature preserve created from a volcano flooded long ago. We went snorkeling around the reef which fronted the entire beach. We saw alot of fish most of which we had seen either in Fiji or Oz. But we did see large schools (hundreds) of convict tangs, plus some very large parrotfish up close. Unfortunately it misted several times throughout the day, but we still enjoyed the beach. It's not like being in Fiji or on an Aussie liveaboard, but Hawaii is still very beautiful.

Afterwards, we got cleaned up and went to a little Mexican restaurant, named La Cucaracha, where we had mucho margaritas. Of course, we paid an arm and leg for said margaritas. Word of warning, if you want to come to Hawaii, be prepared to spend some cash.