Finishing the Hawaii photos

We've now been home from the Hawaii vacation for three weeks, and it is time to post the rest of the photos and move on to other adventures! So here are some adventure photos. 

We left the Pink Palace right after the surfing lessons, and headed toward Fun and Adventure Land. As we took the shuttle, unfortunately that salt water in my sinuses became a headache, and I just needed to rest my head. But alas, we couldn't check in at Fun and Adventure Land yet, and unlike the Pink Palace before check in, there were a fierce group of Tiger Mamas guarding all the empty pool chairs. All of them. So we gave the hotel people our suitcases, but took our backpacks with passports down to the beach and huddled under the shade of a palm tree while I tried not to be grumpy. And failed. 

But Fun and Adventure Land was lots of fun. There were pools, water slides, and a lazy river. From this photo you can see the lazy river.

And Grandma and Grandpa took us all to a fabulous fancy Fun and Adventure Land dinner. 

 

I didn't take many other Fun and Adventure Land photos. The headache was part of it. I skipped the breakfast that led to the photo below.

But also I was having fun. Or waiting in long lines to have fun. There were some of those. And trying to stay out of the way of the fierce Tiger Mamas. 

Here is a photo of Jonathan and Tim at dinner. Finding dinner for a vegan teenager was extremely difficult during the entire vacation. Many restaurants had zero options. Some only had dessert options. Dessert or fruit alone is not going to feed the teenager. At this place, they had a plant-based burger and everything, but when we double checked that it was vegan, they had to run into the kitchen and substitute out the bun, because it was slathered in cow butter. Boo. But in the end, tasty.

We flew to Maui. This beautiful green garden happens to be inside security at the Honolulu airport. Check in, go through security. Sit at your gate, or wander out to the garden for some serenity. I am a big big fan of airports with serene tropical gardens inside security.

We all bought Hawaiian clothes.

We took them out to a fancy fish -- and, er, vegan -- dinner in Maui. Thanks Emily!

Here is a picture of Tim and Jonathan checking out the rocks in their Hawaiian shirts. You can see that they just blend into the scenery.

We were in a condo by the ocean in Maui, with a nice pool.

And nice sunsets. That was a feature of the condo: pink sunsets and palm trees.

We took a boat trip out to an old volcanic crater to do some snorkeling. This is what we looked like on the boat.

And this. Although only the three middle people are from our party.

And this is what we looked like snorkeling. You understand why we didn't take many pictures of the snorkeling. We were in the water.

Group photo.

Unfortunately I continued to be plagued by headaches, and the skin on my fingers broke out into a rash and started peeling. I wondered if it could be the extra sugar I was consuming? I decided to try to cut the pure sugar items out of my diet. So here I am eating a Hawaiian shave ice -- with just the ice. Everyone laughed at me, but it was good.

What else? More beaches. 

Long walks.

Fruity drinks. Except I was trying not to partake due to the headaches and peeling skin thing.

And then finally, goodbye, Hawaii.

After a long, long flight, we were back in Melbourne.

Where it was winter. And there was frost. This photo shows real life: frosty winter.

Welcome back, real life.