Sunday, August 31, 2014

August 28. I love Hawaii.


Hawaii day 7. Last day.
I was excited to have Disney breakfast but too bad, we apparently had to make reservations earlier. We could've had it at 10:30am (which was the next spot available) but we were up at 8am so no, we weren't going to wait over two hours to have freaking breakfast.

my mother and I walked around the hotel and took pictures
   





I will forever miss this view.

they give a bracelet out everyday and this allows you to use the pools and slides. 

- we checked out and played in the pools
- i loved adult infinity pool. it was so warm and nice and everything
- went to the lawn to meet Mickey and Minnie before leaving

this is me waiting for Mickey and Minnie and scrolling through instagram.
we also took an awkward family photo with them.

I had pinkberry frozen yogurt at the airport! 
The hype is real. It was really good.


Overall, I'm so glad that I wasn't sick at all during the trip.
I also got to do almost everything I wanted to do in Hawaii -- hiking, parasailing, eating tropical fruits, paddle boarding, staying at disney hotel, eating tons of good japanese food, snorkeling a lot, and etc. I am more in love with the place and I can't wait to go back.

My mother is planning another trip during winter break (so happy that the person who works for my parents come back in the winter again!!) and she is thinking about either Whistler, canada or los cabos, Mexico. I am 100% for Los Cabos. I hate being cold, man. I love tropical places adskfalskdjfjsjflk I wanna go back to Hawaii.


August 27

Hawaii day 6!
- went grocery shopping
-I got some tropical fruits! star fruits, dragon fruits, and Hawaiian bananas!
- star fruits weren't ripe yet so they sorta tasted like unripe peach
- dragon fruits tasted like super sweet kiwi
- Hawaiian bananas were creamy yet they weren't super ripe.


Kimchi bar, whaaaaaat

went to the infinity pool to play with my brother 
- I played with him for like +3 hours
- we basically flipped each other over in the water for three hours
-i love that they have a hot tub
-dragged mom to the lazy river and got her soaked by 'waterfalls'


in love with this skirt!

went to monkeypod for dinner

I had pumpkin patch ravioli + garlic truffle oil fries. They were amazing.

I was really tired by end of the day so I knocked out.
My face started peeling and breaking out. Too much sun is not good I guess, but I got really tan.

August 26

Hawaii day 5!
- hiking up to Diamond head view point!

through the tunnel

up these stairs

First set of stairs were manageable


second one was hell

up these metal stairs

and now we're here!



so gorgeous.
It started sprinkling when we were heading back down and started raining when we were running to the car. Thank goodness we were at the top when it was clear!

Acai bowl for the first time! It was delicious!

We checked out of hilton and went to Shirokiya for the last time :( 
checked in at Disney Aulani! Service was not even comparable to Hilton (which sucked a lot) and we received those flower necklaces just like we did at Royal Hawaiian last winter! Perks of expensive hotels.

The place was absolutely breathtaking. It is a child's heaven... No, it's everyone's dream.
We went to the lounge because we checked in early so our room wasn't ready.

- hit up the pools to swim
-started off with a slide to lazy river pool.
-went to every single pool with my brother and my dad and we hit up the beach too.

my brother and I snorkeled there too!

I think I deserve the best sister award.

August 25

Hawaii day 4!
- went to Hanauma Bay again! 
- my brother and Yulbee (my mom's friend's daughter) kept touching the fishies
- my mother snorkeled again!

- went parasailing
- yeah, that's 1000ft sticker right there.

- I don't think this is us, but here we have Yulbee, my dad, and my brother doing 600ft.
- I went with Sara and her dad (because we were too light so her dad did it for free) haha.

- 1000ft rope and 400-500ft high up.
- I thought it would be scary but it was rather relaxing. But as someone who's scared of heights, I was  hanging on very tightly. I was scared that I'd fall off because it was like an unstable swing haha.
- It was fun especially when they dipped our feet in the water.

walking back to the hotel was excruciating because it was super hot. so my dad and i ran and dove into the ocean spontaneously and it was probably one of the most fun things I've done this Summer. And of course, everyone eventually joined us.

My dad got reallllllllllly tan.

That Japanese cheesecake was so amazing. I died and went to food heaven.

Here's my Japanese bento box I got from Shirokiya, Japanese food court.

A little peak at Hilton village

August 24

Hawaii day 3!
- woke up early to go to Hanauma Bay 
- saw many many fish and a big turtle too!!!
- also saw a humongous fish that looks like a monster
- the water wasn't as cold as it was in the winter so I really liked it and there were more kinds of fish this time. and my mother also snorkeled! 



I followed this little guy around hahaha Nemooooooo


- went to the blowhole lookout 
- the beach is gorgeous


-stood here and got splashed by water big time


- went to Goofy's Dine ? (totally forgot the name) this pasta was bomb. I only like pasta with tomato sauce but this oily pasta totally blew my mind. It was like some oil pasta with mushrooms and fried caramelized onions.. yeah, I died.

- kona coffee ice cream mixed with coffee sherbet to finish it off!


- the view from a family friend's room. They had a suite so of course they had this amazing view.