I had a fun day on Friday taking Kim and Chris (her husband) on a tour of part of the North Shore. We had lunch at Kua Aina burgers and then hit a few of the beaches. The highlight was our stop at Laniakea Beach ("turtle beach"). We saw a few turtles swimming in the water. As we walked down the beach, we saw two more turtles hanging out on land. While we were there, On our way back to town, we stopped for some shave ice at Aoki's Shave Ice.
As far as packing is going, I am moving as slow as a turtle although I am finally making a good dent in my list. Packing and flying are the two things I hate about traveling. I don't know why packing is so difficult. It really should be an easy task. I have my list. I take similar things every year. Instead it is usual at least a 3-day event. I equate packing to a turtle moving on land. He moves a bit, rests, moves a bit more, and then rests some more. I get my suitcases out, sit and stare at them, grab my list, sit and stare at my stuff, pack a bit, sit and stare (and get distracted), and then pack a bit more.
Below are a few more photos of the turtles we saw hanging out on the beach:
First turtle we saw...
Second turtle...
Third turtle (the one that came out of the water while we were there and moved slowly up onto the beach, same turtle from the video above)...
Friday was a nice distraction from my list and from the tragic, heartbreaking, and inspirational stories and scenes from Iran. For a chronological order of events (from June 13-20), check out this link. Video 9: Wounded Girl Dying is the video of Neda. Her name means call, calling, or voice. She was watching the protests with her father when she was shot in the heart by the Basiji. She was not even participating in the protests. A blog, Neda's Voice, has been created in her memory.
I have changed my sunflower to green in solidarity with Iran. If you are on Twitter, change your profile location to Tehran and change your time zone to GMT+3:30. This will help confuse the Iranian government from finding, attacking, and arresting those sending information out of Iran so the world can witness to what is happening there.
Thanks for all of your recent comments. I will try to reply to some of them before I leave. Heading over to my dad's in a bit and then back to packing...
Sending a special Happy Father's Day wish to my dad and to my brother as well as to all the other fathers out there :)
Comments (9)
I can certainly relate to the packing procrastination. Happens to me all of the time. I always manage to find distractions! Hope that you crossed a few things off of your list today!
Posted by sheri | June 21, 2009 3:14 PM
Posted on June 21, 2009 15:14
girasoli, I love the turtle photos. How sweet that you got to see them out of the water!
I am glad you are conquering that check list of yours. Soon you will be done and on your way to your Italian adventure, how great!
It is such a sad situation in Iran, how considerate of you change the color of your sunflower to be supportive of them. I really hope these tragedies there, and else where in the world, end soon.
Posted by candi | June 21, 2009 3:34 PM
Posted on June 21, 2009 15:34
Have a safe and easy travel... I'll see you soon in Italy!
Dana
Posted by dana | June 21, 2009 4:08 PM
Posted on June 21, 2009 16:08
So happy to hear you were able to get together with Kim and Chris. Now on to your packing...good luck...one day at a time.
Posted by Barb Cabot | June 21, 2009 4:37 PM
Posted on June 21, 2009 16:37
Amazing turtle pictures, very cool! Your description of packing sounds a lot like mine! I too haul up the cases and let them age for a few days before adding any filling!
I don't have my own twitter account, but have been following a twitterer (tweeter?) called persiankiwi. Gives me goosebumps sharing the news as it's happening, and reading posts like "we have to move, location no longer safe" and "one of us hasn't returned yet, praying he's ok" and "personally confirmed: 3 killed during demonstration" (those weren't the exact words of the posts but very close). So painful to read, yet also uplifting that there are those brave and determined enough to keep the world informed of what's going on in spite of all the communication blackouts.
Woohoo...7 hours to go!!!!!!!! Enjoy your trip, dear girasoli, can't wait to vicariously travel along with you!! :)
Posted by Anne | June 22, 2009 2:31 AM
Posted on June 22, 2009 02:31
7 hours to go? Really? Have a super -bubbly, fun, exciting, relaxing, invigorating trip. Hope you can fill us in on your travels...Aloha, Safe Travels, menehune
Posted by menehune | June 22, 2009 3:32 AM
Posted on June 22, 2009 03:32
Hi Girasoli, sounds like you all had a lot of fun! That's a great video. What a great life a turtle has. The news in Tehran is very disturbing and story of Neda is heartbreaking. I hope things improve there .
Good luck on the rest of your packing. Soon you'll be in beautiful Italy!
Posted by Kathy (Trekcapri) | June 22, 2009 3:34 AM
Posted on June 22, 2009 03:34
Wishing you safe travels! In no time you'll be in the Belpaese and enjoying a gelato.
Posted by María I. | June 22, 2009 7:51 AM
Posted on June 22, 2009 07:51
Buon viaggio! We leave Thursday. Wish we would run into each other in Italy!
Posted by Palma | June 23, 2009 4:07 PM
Posted on June 23, 2009 16:07