Hawaii Day 5 - The North Shore (21.27, -157.83)

On Thursday we moved from the Big Island to Oahu. Honolulu is a large city and I was not ready for the sudden change of pace. We rented a car and headed north. Our real goal was a food tour of the north shore. We stopped for banana pancakes with macadamia nut sauce for breakfast.

Banana Pancakes with Macadamia Nut sauce and sugar cured bacon.

We had to go on a hike afterward so we could kill enough time and burn off some calories so we would be hungry at our next food destination. The hike took us to old military pillbox buildings overlooking the most beautiful beach I have ever seen.

 

We continued north to the shrimp trucks. Fresh shrimp caught that morning, sautéed in garlic and butter, two scoops of brown rice and a washbasin near by. Mmm Mmm Good.

 

Our food tour continued when we tracked down a world famous shaved ice stand. I went with green tea and mango and Tina got lihing, banana and pineapple. At the bottom of the shaved ice is a bonus scoop of vanilla ice cream. We sat on the beach, watched surfers and sea turtles. It was nice to get out of the city for the day and ease ourselves back into the busy world slowly.