The (Is)Land of Palm Trees and Sunscreen

Hello, everyone!  So, yesterday I returned from an eight-day-long trip to Hawaii.  It was really fantastic and really exhausting and I really, really wish I hadn't had to return to the Land of Deciduous Trees and Cows, but such is the way of things.

Here is a (sort-of) summary of my trip, complete with photographs.

I saw some beautiful beaches.

One of the only black sand beaches in the world!

I snorkeled.

Sea turtle!

I saw some dolphins pass a few feet from me.

This one actually turned to smile at me, but sadly, I was not able to capture that. 

I hiked in the rain forest.

Shira and I had dramatic beach photoshoots, one at 2 in the morning, one at a more decent hour.  But no pics of The Sister, because she is shy (ha).

I saw The Black Pearl.

I went to the aquarium.

UNICORN FISH!

I went ziplining.

I saw so much beautiful scenery I feared my head might explode.

And finally, things not captured by camera: I a) swam with sharks, but could not take pictures because I was too busy clinging to cage bars for dear life, and b) got a really spectacular sunburn on my ass.




That's about it!  I can't properly summarize my trip, and those pictures can't properly express the ridiculous beauty that is Hawaii, but this is as close as I can get.  And now, after an eight-day trip and fourteen-hour flight . . . I get to leave for a month-long writing camp!




P.S. Apologies for the formatting issues.  Blogger is being rather stubborn.