Today we flew to Oahu for the wedding of one of Yvonne's cousins. The wedding is on Saturday but we decided to come out a few days early to explore Oahu since neither of us have ever been. We left LAX early Thursday morning and arrived in Honolulu in the early afternoon. Since we were so early we grabbed a quick bite to eat at a place called Vegan Hill near our Airbnb. After checking in to our Airbnb in Honolulu we took off right away to go check out the windward coast of Oahu. We decided to get some swimming in before the sun set at Lanikai Beach. We got super lucky with parking right near a beach access path. This took us right to the water where we could set up shop and jump right in the water for some swimming.

Yvonne eating a fresh guava malasada from Leonards

One the sun started to set we decided to head out and grab some food at the place nearby called The Food Company. This was a recommendation of some friends, so we definitely wanted to check it out while we were on this side of the island. The food was local Hawaiian food. We ordered a bento with crabcakes and mochiko chicken as well as some ahi tuna. Once we wrapped up dinner he headed back to Honolulu and checked out Leonard's Bakery to try some fresh malasadas.

Overall we were pretty happy that we were able to get some swimming in and check out some of the island on the same day we arrived!

Dan Golembeski