Day Seven: the final Kal Bi

Last full day in Hawaii saw us going off to the nearest Wal-Mart to find some little things here and there to take home. I went to get a whole heap of chocolates to take home and pretty much most of us did the same. Ron on the other hand had something else in mind, he wanted to buy a bike so that he could take it home and go biking all across the M7 or something like that. Anyway, he had his heart so set on that one bike and I have to say that it was one hell of a sexy bike. It was cheap there too, $US109 which is about $A140 and Ron was telling me the same bike would cost up to or around the $A500 mark.

Ron rang up Qantas early that morning to see what the procedure for taking bikes on the plane were. According to him, all that was required was that the bike be boxed up and be put through as part of the allocated luggage. Lucy, being the questioner she is decided to ring up Qantas just to make sure and fair enough, apparently if a bike was to be part of the luggage even if still under the allocated weight limit, it would be treated as if the carriage was overweight and therefore a fee would have been charged. Now this fee would have amounted to about $A200 which would bring the amount closer to the Australian price for that specific bike. So in the end, they decided to bypass the bike which broke Rons heart - he was shattered. But in the end, all was good, coz he ended up getting kick arse shirts over at 88Tees (I wanted that orange one, Ron LOL).

We then decided to go to Waikiki beach to do some final swimming and for me a final chance to get a nice tan. Ron and Lucy went off and swam while I just stayed on the sand, on the ground listening to some Eskimo Joe while I fried.

This was also the final chance to do some serious camera whoring, the sunset provided a perfect backdrop for it all. I have to say, it was probably one of the first times I'd EVER seen the sun set on the water and it was incredibly beautiful, almost poetic.

There's this shot that I took of Ron and Lucy by the sunset, with Ron kissing Lucys forehead. It's probably one of my favourite shots I've ever taken, it looks like a poster or a cover for some Hawaiian tourist magazine or something. Again, into my portfolio, that one...

We had our final supper, I had my Japanese chicken and Ron and Lucy had their kal bi (Korean BBQ thingy). Ron bought some major grog, a bottle of beer as big as my torso (LOL) and a corona each and ended up getting almost drunk ( I think I was, I don't remember) on our balcony, wishing we were to stay there for much longer and dreading going back to responsibility.

Wasted as I was, I had an awesome sleep.