I really have to stop getting up at 6:00am. I'm on vacation for gods sake! Anyway, was up with the birds. Walked down to Kailua town centre at daybreak. It's a good ten minute walk downhill. The walk back nearly killed me. Not the distance nor the incline...but the heat. I was beet red by the time I made it back to my room.
Had breakfast at Lava Java (eggs, portuguese sausage, country fried potatoes, and a fruit salad cup). Yummy, though I have to say I'm not a big fan of portuguese sausage. It tastes like chinese lap chung. Good in fried rice, not so much as a breakfast meat.
FYI - the McDonalds in Hawaii serves Egg/Rice/Portuguese Sausage combo. How's that for local flare. I wish ours back home would serve congee and peanuts.
A quick mid-day nap and then out in the afternoon for an auto-fuelled wander. Drove Ali'i road to the end of the line. Ended up lost on some sort of private estate. The kind but scary looking lady at the gate helped me turn around and get back on the road. It was obvious that she thought I was riff raff. Apparently my little Chevy Spark didn't pass muster. Next time I'll drive a Cayenne and then look down my (albeit stubbly) nose.
On the way back I tried the DaPoke Shack. Great warabi salad. I think I picked the wrong poke though. Fish was great, the sauce not really to my taste. Overall, I think that the poke from the grocery store near the hotel was comparable. Sacrilege! But then again what do I know.
Spent the night watching "Wire in the Blood". Just as I was getting into the unresolved romantic tension between Carol and Tony, they get rid of Carol and bring in a new female lead. Out of the blue. No warning. Damn British TV!!! Not sure I'm going to keep going. I don't want to have to get to know another character and then have them yanked out of existence. Gahhh.
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