Happy bday to me

Hooray! I'm older today. What better way to spend a bday than unemployed and hanging out in hawaii. Kind of like last year, only more unemployed.

Mega and I just left maui and are back in waikiki. We spent the last couple of days in hana, which is eastern maui and really far from the resort area (although tourists still invade in mid-day). I managed to pick up some chest high surf on friday, but the swell died after that. We hiked up to a gigantic waterfall yesterday, through a bamboo forest and then swam around by ourselves in an unmarked river-falls-pool. I broke open a coconut on a rock. Yay!

Also good was the snorkeling around hana. While meghan tanned and toiled, I explored a reef shelf in hamoa bay. The water was really clear and I saw turtle, eel, a giant fish, a fish fight, and a bunch of other fish. Also a plankton. Meghan saw a whale.

I also developed the underwater camera film from diving the great barrier reef. .

Oh yeah, I have been trying to figure out what makes up maui culture. Here are some

clues:

1. Creepy burned out cars on the side of the road everywhere
2. 4wd's jacked up real high
3. Onions
4. The power plant that runs on burning sugar cane
5. Some kind of surfing influence (shaka people when cutting them off in traffic)

Overall I think maui is our favorite island. No joke its awesome. Shaka Laka!!

-Ryan








p.s. happy birthday soon ross...