A Lazy Day

We woke up to another beautiful day here on Kauai.  We had nothing planned today so we took our time waking up and getting moving.  When Brett and I felt that it was time to make more of the day, we collected Josie from next door and walked down to the beach at the bottom of the hill to see what the snorkeling was like. got a great view of our rooms from there, you can see why the view is so great.  We The tide was on the turn so it took us a while to figure out the right spot with the changing water direction, but by the time everyone else joined us we had it sorted and spotted lots of fish.  It's a whole different pleasure being in the ocean when the water is warm and time just disappears when you are following fish under the water.
Eventually we got hungry and decamped to the pool at the resort.  Kathy and James made a run to the supermarket for lunch supplies and we ate up by the pool.  While they were gone, we had some fun with Sarah's underwater camera in the pool.  After lunch a guy turned up with fresh coconuts that had been picked yesterday and we drank the coconut water through a straw straight from the nut.  When we had drunk it all, he split the coconut open and we ate the flesh direct from the shell.  It is a COMPLETELY different food when it is this fresh.  Utterly delicious and nothing like the old, dried out versions we get at home.
Sarah, Kathy and I then headed down to Hanalei Bay as Sarah wanted to buy a new bikini.  While we were there, I found a gorgeous piece of local art that actually has some Kauai beach sand in it from a beach just a bit further up the bay from where I saw my turtle.  I used my birthday gift money to buy it - thanks Mum :)
Tonight has been cards and braiding night.  I re-did Josie's corn-braids and did Sarah's.  James wanted his done too and it was so funny - he turned into a gangsta rapper, with an American accent and gangsta vocab, but as they fell out he became normal again.  So funny.
Off to bed now for an early start for our last day in paradise before we head back to Honolulu.  it's going to be hard to leave.

P.S. Happy birthday M.A. xx