Honeymoon in Hawaii...Conclusion!

At last, our final two days in Hawaii!  Are you guys tired of looking at island and food pictures yet? :)

Musubis, as I've known them, are spam and rice wrapped in seaweed.  It's a Hawaiian staple and I have always loved them.  I know some people can't stand the thought of canned meat, but for me, it's not a problem.  I love this stuff.  The Japanese also has these rice ball snacks wrapped in seaweed and we were able to find a small place that served only these musubis.  We ordered regular spam ones, fried spicy chicken ones, and spicy mayo ones with salmon.  It was oh so yummy!

We stopped at Pali lookout for some nice scenery.  There were quite a few families of wild chickens wandering around in the parking lot.  The chickies were so adorable!

Manoa Falls was always a place I wanted to hike and finally got a chance to.  It's about 45 minutes to get to the waterfall but the trail to get there can get a little messy.  I knew this and we brought tennis shoes, but I saw people doing it in flip flops which wasn't a great idea!

On our way back to the hotel we stopped for Bubbies!  It's an ice cream shop with home made mochi ice cream.  They make all sorts of exotic flavors like guava, passion fruit, and pineapple! 

Layered on the sunscreen (I learned my lesson in Santa Monica) and we went out to sit on the beach for a bit.

Before dinner, for "appetizers" we decided to stop at the ABC Store to get some beverages.  My drink of choice?  Pineapple and Kettle One that night! :)

Mmm...we went to 3660 On The Rise that night.  The risotto was lovely!  Just so amazingly cooked.  And I'm a sucker for butterfish, so I had that and Chris had a steak!

Our last day in Hawaii was really chill.  We decided to walk around the Ala Moana mall and get their popular Acai fruit bowl from Blue Hawaiian.  It's like a thick granola parfait with fresh fruit.  Very refreshing on a hot day.  We also went to the Japanese market in the mall and tried these Taiyaki's.  Basically it's a fish shaped crepe filled with red bean and cream cheese of all things!  Combined it was just amazing.  But you can choose other fillings as well.  Fish shaped pastries?  Hell yeah! 

Our final dinner was at Sasebune Sushi.  We are huge fans of chef's choice sushi bar dinners because you get the freshest stuff.  You sit at the bar and let the chef choose what to serve you.  Those that aren't daring or have food allergies might shy away from this, but our 14 course meal was so splendid.  Sadly, our sushi pictures are on our 7D Canon but let me just tell you, imagine the freshest, most buttery raw fish and oysters you've ever tasted.  Mix it in with a lobster tail, a blue crab roll and hot sake.  OH MY!  It was just a great way to say farewell to paradise. 

Before I go, I'd just like to acknowledge those individuals that lost their loved ones nine years ago.  The best thing about our country is our ability to rebuild, recover, and rediscover ourselves when we've hit rock bottom.  Today, lets all continue to look forward at all the great things this country's got in store for us.