Hawai'i - ilha de Oahu - Havai

Sacramento, CA - Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii ---- 5 hour flight / 5 horas de voo.

Entre as ilhas o voo dura uns 25 minutos.

Praia de Waikiki em Honolulu, na ilha de Oahu. A maior parte da populacao do Havai mora em Honolulu e a cidade eh bem desenvolvida e ate bonitinha. Eh a "porta de entrada" dos asiaticos nos EUA e Honolulu eh cheia de charme e lojas de grife, restaurantes baladados e muuuuuuito, muuuuuuito turistas asiaticos!

Waikiki beach in Honolulu. Most people that live in Hawaii live in Honolulu. The city is nice and it is well developed (for Hawaiian standards anyway). It is the "gate" for Asians entering the USA and the city has lots of nice restaurants and fashion shops. But there are tooooooons, tooooooooooons of Asian turists.

Waikiki beach with the inactive volcano crater at the end (Diamond head). I am not sure where Jakub's mind was, he could not remember the name of the place at all. He called it Devil's Head, Devil Diamond, Diamond Devil....

A praia de Waikiki com o vulcao ao fundo ("Cabeca de diamante" se eu traduzir ao pe da letra. Esse vulcao nao eh ativo). O Kuba nao conseguia lembrar o nome do vulcao por nada desse mundo. Uma hora era Cabeca do Diabo, Diabo de diamantes, Diamante do diabo.. hahah

Waikiki

Por do sol em Waikiki - Sunset

Diz a lenda que tem ondas enormes no Havai. Eu ja fui 2 vezes e ate agora so vi meio metrinho e olha la. Mas em Waikiki eles tem uma barreira de pedra pra fazer uma piscina pros adultos e criancas nadarem sem ter que se preocupar com o mar.

Legend has that there are huge waves in Hawaii. I've been there twice and so far nothing more than 2 ft. But in Waikiki they have a stone barrier to protect from the ocean currents. This way children and adults can play without having to worry too much about the open ocean.

Diamond Head
"Cabeca de Diamante" (vulcao)

Hula show at the beach

Um show do Hula na praia

Loja da Ferrari. Tirei essa foto pro Sebastian!
Ferrari store in Honolulu. I took this picture for you Seba!

- "Continental breakfast is free with your stay" said the hotel clerk.
I thought: "Sweet".. we can save some money that way.
- "You just have to present this coupon at the restaurant at the ground floor" said the clerk.
"GREAT".. Well.... As it turns out, the continental breakfast booth was right OUTSIDE the restaurant doors. There was a table and behind the table a little lady saying: - "Coffee or Juice?" "Chocolate, Blueberry or banana muffin?"...
If you know me, you know that I am not that much into the American typical breakfast. I can't even stand the smell of donuts. Muffins are okay but not for breakfast. I am a chocolate milk with bread and butter type of person (typical in Brazil), so I was quite disappointed to see our breakfast. However, Kuba was really happy.

- "O cafe da manha esta incluso na diaria" disse a moca no balcao do hotel.
Eu pensei "Ainda bem ne? Pelo menos podemos economizar um pouco".
- "Tem um restaurante no terreo e voce tem que levar esse vale aqui pra pegar o cafe da manha".
Que BOM!! Mas.... quando nos fomos pegar o cafe da manha no dia seguinte, pro meu espanto, nao podiamos nem sentar dentro do restaurante. Na porta do restaurante (do lado de fora) tinha uma mesa com uns bolinhos americanos e uma baixinha perguntando: -"Cafe ou Juco?" "Bolinho de Banana, chocolate ou de mirtilio?". Aiii que decepcao! Quem me conhece sabe que eu gosto de pao com manteiga e leite com nescau. Fiquei ate triste quando eu vi o bolinho. Mas o Kuba adorou...

No dia segunte nos pegamos um taxi e fomos ate o topo do vulcao Diamond Head.

The next day we took a cab to the top of the Diamond Head crater

A Trilha pra chegar no pico eh de uns 3 km mas eh meio ingrime.
A trail to get there is maybe 2 miles but it is very steep at some spots.

A vista de Honolulu - View of Honolulu from Diamond Head

130 poucos degraus pra chegar no observatorio.
130 some steps to get to the observatory.

A cratera de dentro.
The crater from the inside.

No mesmo dia nos fomos pro Norte da ilha de Oahu onde em dezembro tem ondas gigantes. Essa era a praia de Waimea Bay. Toda vez que eu vejo aquela igrejinha me lembro do filme "Endless Summer".

On the same day we went to the North Shore of Oahu where there are huge waves in December. This is Waimea Bay park. And every time I see that little church it makes me think of the movie "Endless Summer".

Foi em Waimea que nos vimos os golfinhos do nada... Mas eu nao tenho fotos, so o video. E choveu bastante quando a gente tava na praia. No Havai chove e faz sol toda hora.
It was in Waimea Bay that we saw a pod of dolphins randomly swimming in front of us. Unfortunately they jump too fast and I could not get a picture. Only video. It rained pretty hard while we were at the beach. In Hawaii it is sunny for 5 minutes and it rains for another 5 minutes.

O Cache na praia de Waimea - My GeoCache ball at Waimea Bay.

Shark's cove - Um lugar otimo pra fazer snorkeling. Pena que a gente chegou la muito tarde e o tempo tava feio. Mas tinha um monte de gente mergulhando.
Shark's cove - it's a great place for snorkeling. Too bad we got there too late and too bad it was overcast. Still, there were quite a few people scuba diving.

A famosa Sunset Beach e Banzai Pipeline. No inverno as ondas sao enormes e quebram nos corais. Varios campeonatos de surfe acontecem nessa praia. Mas.... dessa vez....

The famous Sunset Beach and Banzai Pipeline. In the winter time there are huge waves crashing in the coral reef forming the perfect "tube". There are several surfing competitions at this location. However.. as you can see.. there were no waves this time.

Sunset Beach - Praia de Sunset

Random photo - O Kuba eh muito bobo.

Quando a gente foi na missa a Miss Havai tava sentada no nosso lado. Ai o Kuba fez questao de tirar uma foto.
At the mass, Miss Hawaii was sitting right next to us. Kuba was sure to snap a picture.

Waikiki

Oahu do aviao
Oahu from the plane

Diamond Head
E a agua hein....? Que cor maravilhosa!
The color of the water is just absolutely amazing.