Events:
· Hot Tub
· Another Big Walk on beach, Hale Koa snack shop breakfast ($7.85)
· Boogie Boarding, lost Dragon sunglasses (L) (free, er….)
· Fried Noodles at Ramen Nakamura ($32.00)

Again, with the time offset, it was easy to get up early again. We went down and hot-tubbed it, then took a big walk out to Hale Koa. We stopped at CoCoCove and got a Diet Coke for the walk (44oz for $1.50, about as cheap as it gets on Waikiki). We pretended to do some of the exercise trail around the resort, then went to the Hale Koa snack shop and got two orders of heuvos rancheros and a fresh quarter of pineapple. Walked back, got our boogie board stuff and boogie boarded for a few hours on Waikiki. I lost my Dragon glasses from a big wave that caught me off guard. There were actually some pretty decent waves every now and then. But overall, I think I needed slightly bigger waves for my body size or a bigger board. I had a 40” board, but it really barely kept me out of the water when I got up on it. Even though I am a little fatter than I used to be, at 5’10” and 220 pounds, I am fairly dense and have never floated well. Guess I need to get a little fatter still. I also was using my snorkeling fins which weren’t quite as reactive as boogie board flippers would be. But I caught a few waves every now and then. Jenivee quickly rubbed her ribs raw and gave up after about an hour or so and lay on the beach the rest of the time.
After I was thoroughly tired and we had soaked up enough sun, we retired to our room, napped, showered, and then headed out for dinner.
We went to Ramen Nakamura which is on the corner of Kalakaua and Beach Walk. They have awesome noodles and ramen. There is usually a line, and it is very non-touristy. We saw only two other whites while we waited and ate, the rest were Japanese tourist looking types. We had a fried noodle combo, a Miso ramen combo, and an extra side of gyoza’s. The service is always friendly: still the same lady that has been there for years, apparently every day all the time. And the price is decent for the food and experience. Cash or Yen only!
We walked back along the beach to our hotel, watched the waves a little, and fell asleep quickly.

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