The first night we headed over to the Kapolei area for dinner and ate at a restaurant our hosts recommended, Monkeypod.
Our first stop was the Dole Plantation. We didn't intend to go there first, but since we were driving by as it was opening, we decided to cross it off our lists. Did you know pineapples start out pink? The maze was closed due to the recent storms, but we enjoyed the train ride through the fields. The pineapples had just been harvested but we saw other fruit grown on the plantations.
Next up was Waimea Falls. If you are a LOST fan then you'll remember the scene where Kate and Sawyer swim in the waterfall, this was that waterfall nestled in a botanical garden. No jumping is allowed, but are are able to wade in and swim at the base of the falls. It's about a 1 mile hike from the entrance, did I mention that it was uphill? It felt so good to cool off in the water, but we didn't stay long due to the quickly approaching cloud cover.
After our dip in the water and the walk back we were famished. We headed further up the North Shore in search of Haupi Pie, and stumbled upon a line of food trucks. After eating dessert first, headed back to the food trucks in search of Poke. You might be a little skeptical of ahi poke from a food truck, but it was the BEST AHI POKE of our trip.
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| I wasn't a huge fan. |
After stuffing our faces with food we visited Turtle Bay. Several movies were filmed there so of course I wanted to check it out. The North Shore is known for amazing surfing waves.
On our way home we decided to hit up a few other places recommended by friends. Shaved Ice was one of them. We shared a large with strawberry lime, and pineapple.
We had one last stop before calling it a day. I was in search of the beach where LOST was filmed. After Googling how to get there, we found parking on our second attempt and made the 1/2 -1 mile trek to the approximate location. Beach access is nestled on a walkaway between to houses. If you don't know where you're going you'd miss it. When we finally made it to the beach I could recognize the scenery, but couldn't tell exactly where filming took place. I walked down the beach to where I thought the show could have been filmed. After filming finished there were still remnants of the set and netting indicating where things were but those are long gone. It was still pretty cool to check out the beach.
After a quick trip to Costco we headed back to relax in the pool.
