After travelling and touring, this was our first full day on the beach. Let us be honest here, I have neither the physique nor skin colour to spend time on the beach. After a day, I had changed from white to white - with red sunburn bits. The temperature was 82oF for the day, yet unlike similar heat in for example, Miami, this was a drier, more tolerable heat.
The sea was pretty warm too - although in hindsight we should have hired/bought a half board to explore out to sea a bit more. This is because as you head out from the beach, the sand changes to volcanic rock. You can tell the difference when you walk out to sea and listen for the agonised screams as your feet hit the razor sharp lava rock.
As mentioned, I managed to get sunburnt despite judicious application of Factor 50 sunblock. There was simply no clouds and little shade as the beach is the perfect location underneath the arc of the sun. There were plenty of trips out, surf lessons, outrigger canoes and so on, but sometimes all you want is to sit and relax on the sand.
Eventually, our tolerance for the heat gave out and we headed back to the hotel. Not without pausing for some shaved ice - a large cone of "Waikiki Sunset" - ice chips flavoured with strawberry, banana and passion fruit. Basically a Slush Puppy writ large.
Thankfully a replacement flight has been sorted - Go! Airlines.
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