Our Circle Island tour with Amy’s cousin didn’t start till after lunch. We initially had plans to hike Diamond head in the morning, but getting up early after a late night wasn’t ideal for a “relaxed” vacation.

Our first stop of the circle island tour landed us at Halona point. There is a blow hole here where water would blow out when the waves crash towards the rocks. Depending on how strong the waves are determined how high the water would blow through the hole. Apparently, we were there on a milder day as the water can blow quite high on a windy day.

Our next stop took us to a scenic point right before Makapuu beach park. Apparently this lookout was quite new as it was the first time Amy’s cousin visit this place as well. I found this lookout out be one of the surreal lookouts of the Circle Island route. You must see it to be believe it.

Our next stop after was the Pali lookout. This gave a nice view of the coast and some of the northern towns of Oahu. I found the last scenic point more stunning than the Pali lookout. This may have been due to the grey clouds that were lingering in the mountain area.

We made a stop at a fruit stand and had some coconut juice. It was a much needed break and the coconut was quite refreshing. The only bad thing about standing around a fruit stand is the number of flies around the area. They might of been mosquitos, but all I know was we couldn’t stand still for too long as they would swarm you.

The next spot we arrived at was a rock in the middle of the ocean with a hole in the middle of it. I don’t know the name of the place, but if you were heading from the Polynesian center way, you’d have to take a right at the Anemoku street and then another right at Naupaka strret. This will lead you there. It was definitely neat to see a rock with a hole in the middle of it. It makes you wonder how it was created.

As the sun slowly sets, we stopped at a few shrimp trucks, which are parked along the side of the roads. The price for a place of shrimp is about ~$12 and some the wait for the food is usually a good ten minutes. Giovanni was one of the famous ones, but apparently the food isn’t as good as it use to be after they switched owners. We also tried a place called Romy’s. Instead of having shrimp, we decided to get prawns. They were huge and very tasty.

As we continued our trek along the island, we’ve finally hit northshore. As the sun has almost set, we see a lot of surfers and others walking back to their cars. The waves didn’t look too big, but I believe today was a milder day.

After northshore, we headed back home to Amy’s aunts place for a x’mas party. On the way home, it began to rain again and this time we actually saw lightning. One notable event that occurred were two scooters riding in the rain. As they were going about 40-50km/h, they were holding traffic bad. Definitely not a fun ride for them.

When we arrived back at Amy’s aunts place, it was nice and dry. There was plenty of food to eat. It was delicious. There were salad rolls, shredded chicken and cabbage, pokki (raw ahi tuna), crab legs, and durian dessert. It didn’t take long for me to get full yet again.

When we returned home, we had to pack as early the next morning, we’d be flying out to the Big Island to visit the volcanos.