After the crater, we decided to go and visit the Dole Pineapple plantation in the middle of the island. We visited te gift shop on our last visit, but disn'r have time for the maze, gardens or train. So as he weather isn't looking too good today, it seemed like an excellent idea. The sat nav had other ideas, it was in no mood to e sending us anywhere, so it was back to road signs and paper maps. Whih is interesting when ou can't pronounce any of he road and place...

We've climbed the crater, didn't find he geocache, but climbing the crater is probably achievement enough. Glad we did it early in he morning on a cool day, as we are pretty sweaty and I would hate to think how sweaty we would have been if we had done his yesterday. The views from the op are good, you look down over Waikiki and up and down the coast. You can also see Maui I think though the haze on the sea. We needed to stop a couple of times on the way up as th...

On the beach ... We romantically stroll along the beach, and get drenched by the first wave. Thankfully, the weather is hot enough to dry out pretty instantly. We walked along the length of the beach, and then walked back along the main road, stopping off to take some photos at the Duke Kamianananana statue.

7am Hawaii Time Seriously up anyone ever says o me I wish there were more hours I the day, I will quote this experience to them. Fitting 27 hours of travelling into an 12 hour period is not a great experience. I also need to remind Neil that've future that travelling this far in one go is also a very bad idea. The sun is rising in Hawaii, there are a few clouds in the sky, but it's already warm out here, and the prospect of wearing shorts with my unshaven, past...

After enjoying some more sunshine on our balcony we finally, left for a wall along the beach. We stopped off at the Sheraton on our way down to the beach, where there was an orchestra getting ready to play. We did stop and wait for a bit, and watched a sparrow having a bath in the pond in front of us. Unfortunately, the band were taking ages to get ready, so we walked on and through the Sheraton and marvelled at the luxury.