day fith

Day Five,
Kona , the Island of coffee and its good coffee. We awoke at 0600 to meet the first tender at 0700. The tender is the smaller boat that takes passengers to the island from the boat. So arriving so early we had very few choices for food. For me I choose to go with out and just get a very large coffee. There is nothing like a good strong coffee to wake you up as you watch the sea from a lanai with a sand floor. We each finished our respective items and began walking. A trolley passed and we got on. Free transportations is one of the few great things left in this world. But this free transport was special it took us to a very nice public State Beach. At this beach I wanted nothing more than to observe and report on what I saw. IT was amazing, a large reef separated the ocean from the land creating a perfect environment for green sea turtles. After some convincing I decided to snorkel and with that I found myself face to face with a massive sea turtle. Along with this hundreds of fish darted through the coral reef with colors only once thought to be possible. Blues and Pinks along with yellows and greens. Amazing I must say and worth doing if only for the story. After a hot day at this particular beach we reloaded onto the trolley and made headway back to the pier. A conversation began with a local and I requested a delicious restaurant. He a welcoming person that he seemed gave me the name and direction how to get there. The island people are very hospitable at times, at least from my experience. Thanking the man we left the trolley and went in search of the restaurant he spoke of. With our expert directional skills we found the spot and appreciated it was a local’s only kind of environment. The food was in large quantities and of good quality. I understand why the locals would come to such a place. If that wasn’t enough the prices were not bad at all, Almost in line with the main land. After this long hot day I got back into the tender and relaxed for the rest of the night. Life on board seems to interesting and one can always find something to appreciate. In my time of relaxation I was on deck 14 and observed a pod of dolphins doing flips and shit it was amazing. I had never see that many and from my vantage point they appeared to be tiny almost the size of a newborn baby. Well that is all for now Stay hungry and I will update more later