Nestled Safely Under the Canopy of Bamboo

This morning we decided to drive around the entire Island to get a overview of what we would like to do for the week aside from any yoga. We started pretty early for the two of us, around 7 am but by the time we showered, packed, and studied our handy-dandy Insiders Guide it was around 9 am. We snuck by the yoga room, they were do a pre-training class to set out for breakfast. We ate under the trees at the edge of the beach. By the way, I forgot to mention, on the way here we drove through Rodeo Drive of Hawaii. I have never seen so many beautiful upscale stores in one street. Note to self, we must go back and walk the strip at some point of the trip. Anyway breakfast was ok but the scenery amazing....

We left Breakfast and climbed down a very steep lava rock to watch kids jump off a cliff into the ocean. My feet and hands (this is Jen) were beyond sweating!!! It was crazy to watch them fall and have to wait for the waves at just a perfect point to get to a place to climb back up. One of the girls did not have the strength to climb out and a friend had to help her. She was literally drug over a lava rock to safety. I guarantee Mom I will not be doing that!

The day was incredibly beautiful. We stopped by a cemetery that have a replica of a Buddhist temple. The grounds were perfectly manicured and once you entered it truly felt like you were away from it all. This is where we found the bamboo. There were a cluster of bamboo stalks around that created a path you could walk through. As you entered, the wind blowing the stalks against each other created a sound much like a wind chime. Here in the beauty you felt safe, protected and knowing that was music to our ears (literally)

Before Sunset we stopped over at the North Shore. You will be hearing a lot more about this side of the Island, it is somewhere we want to come back to again over the week.

Until then Aloha