Our awesome trip is now half-way done. For the first time in these parts we woke up to the weird feeling of actual sunlight. What a great and almost surreal way to start the day. That's what we came for! The first objective of the day was to climb the high side of the volcanic cone of Diamond Head. When we arrived by the mountain, Makena and Emily decided to start a competition, for those who wanted to get in better shape and for those who were stupid enough to run a mile on a steep hill in 80 degree weather... Most of them, competitive boys wanting to impress the girls - which hopefully succeeded!- got to the top in only 7 minutes and could enjoy the view longer! We could see all of Waikiki, some beautiful mountains, and the huge blue Pacific Ocean from the top of the crater.... We ended the hiking trip with shaved ice and a lovely yellow bus to take us home.
Finally, beach time! Our previous visits to various beaches had been strongly affected by the rain, but were still fun - what else do you expect when YFU students are involved? We always start a party. At the beach there was time to play, swim, and heal the epidemic of pale skin that has hit most of us this winter. We were challenged by locals to both beach volleyball and football games. Yes, foreigners playing American football. Some, especially the extremely white Scandinavians, got a bit sunburned, which will lead to pain tonight and tomorrow. That is part of what made it a successful beach day.
Dinner was set at Bubba-Gump's Shrimp Company, which was a true insight in American culture. Then we had more time for guess what...shopping! Some of us have messed up our credit balances by now. The bus got us home and it gave us some time for chilling around and socializing with all the other awesome foreigners. We´re starting to have a good connection- really feel like a group. Just look at our performance on the stage yesterday, at Hard Rock Café. Now some of us are trying to lay comfortable in the bed with our red backs and get some beauty sleep so we're ready for Pearl harbor tomorrow - we're excited to see the place where some important American history took place. Hawaii is still a terrific place and most of us can agree, that staying here wouldn't be difficult at all!
Goodnight, gutennacht, godnat, hyvaa yota, グッドナイ, welterusten, god natt, boa noite and selamat malam to everybody and thanks for a great day.
Regards,
The Danes and the other blond dude
SImon, Mads, Jacob, and the blond dude from Finland.
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