in honolulu, even santa runs the marathon

I just flew back from Honolulu, and boy are my arms tired! Sorry, I couldn't resist.

I had an absolutely wonderful time visiting, and even though I did a lot, it all felt very relaxing. We went to a wedding, kayaked, visited the north shore and saw the banzai pipeline ripcurl surfing competition, ate hot dogs smothered in bbq sauce and pineappe, snorkeled in Hanauma bay, and generally ate a lot of good food. No, I didn't have poi -- like I told my friends there, if it's not fried in pork fat, I don't want to eat it :)

I will update this post and add more photos later, but here's one of K.C. and me kayaking in my family friend's "backyard".