Last Plane Ride

The trip is over done, so fast. But I think it was almost the perfect time.  I think what I liked best was,everything! I got the pictures from the Hilton and I will add them on this last entry.This has been one of the best vacations I will ever have in my life it's been one vacation that I will always remember.  I learned that there was no predators on the islands and so they brought in mongoose because the rat population was to great.   Since mongoose are day animals and rats are nocturnal it didn't work so the ferrets started eating bird eggs! The big island is the biggest island of Hawaii.  I really enjoyed my trip to Hawaii.  It was very fun.

Island Breeze Luau

Last night my family and I went to a Luau, the Island Breeze Luau.  The stunts were outrageous, like in this picture were the guy is twirling a pole of fire.  Do you know what an imu is? It's not the animal emu, it's an underground oven - a traditional hawaiian way a  to cook pig. Did you know King Kamehameha the 4th's wife  loved horses? Her name was Queen Emma. The Luau was a spectacutar thing to see.  I can't wait to get home and see my hamster Buddy.  I can't belive that my vacation is almost over!

Body Glove Cruise

Today I went on a snorkel cruise. My dad and I saw dolphins right off the bow, and when I mean right off the bow, I mean right off the bow. It was a very big pod of dolphins. After the boat stopped we went snorkelling. On the boat there was a slide into the water. Well, I did that, and it almost knocked the breath out of me! It was like you slide down and then you hung in the air for about 30 seconds before you plunged in the sea water. It was very cold water! Here is a picture of me on the slide flapping my arms trying to fly as my dad says!

The Seahorse Farm

The seahorse farm has a really cool story behind it. Would you like to hear it, okay. About 10 years ago 2 people started a organization called the Seahorse Farm in order to save seahorses from extinction.  They took a couple seahorses and they acully domesticated them wich no one have ever done before.  Did you know that the males actually get pregnant and he can have up to 600 babies at a time and the longest that they are not pregnant for is 1 minute!  After giving birth, they wait one minute and then the female puts the eggs into the male's pouch again.  When seahorses breed they hook tails and go together till they are face to face and then the two breed.  I love the seahorse farm. Seahorses were once found in every ocean. Did you know that seahorses only live up to 2 years in the wild! In order to own a seahorse you must take an 8 week course then get a certificate. Only then you can own a seahorse that comes from the seahorse farm. The picture on top of this blog is of me holding a seahorse called Mr. Slim. He is about 12 years old and he is one of the largest seahorses on the farm.

Dolphins Galore!

Swimming with the dolphins was amazing.   At the Hilton they have 14 Alantic Bottle-Nosed Dolpins.  They actually are allowed to have up to 136 dolphins because of the large size of their enclosure.   Right now they have 2 babies, one 18 months old and the other 2 years old.   Their oldest dolphin, Eva, is 38 and dolphins in the wild only live to about 25.   They live longer at the Hilton because of the good quality care that they get.  I got pictures taken with Kao, an eight year old female.  We watched Shaka get her teeth brushed and fed her some fish afterwards.  The best was when we got to swim with Pukanala in the deeper dolphin tank.   We watched her swim under us with our masks on, she splashed us, and did tricks when we did certain hand signals.  The dolphin in the top picture is of Shaka. The second picture is of my mom and I floating on our backs with Pukanala and when we started kicking our feet, she flipped her tail and splashed us.    The third picture is of Kao when she came to say hello to us.  The last picture is of my sister, Bethany, giving Pukanala a hand signal.   It sure was a once in a lifetime experience.

Back In The Saddle

I'm so glad that I got to ride today.  I rode at Kahua Ranch.  they have over 25,000 cattle and about 30 horses including boarding horses.  At first I rode a horse called Ella?( I'm not sure) but then a girl wanted to switch horses with somebody because the horse (named Charles) was being naughty so I switched with her. The horse I was riding was being to slow I kinda wanted to switch too!  Charles is the one on the right in the first picture and Blaze is the horse on the left (nicknamed by us Boloni head).  Charles has the smoothest canter I have ever experienced in my life.  My dad rode a horse called Samson (never thought he would ever ride a horse) but he did. It was an awesome day!

Dive, dive, dive!

All right! Today I went on an Atlantis submarine. It was awesome,  I loved it. We went more than 100 feet under water and saw 2 ship wrecks!



We even saw a moray eel  and a bit father out we saw a white reef shark.   The guide said this was very rare to see sharks from the sub because sharks are nocturnal animals.  I was very surprised by this.  He also said that this was the only shark that does not have to keep swimming to stay alive. They can breath while resting in the sand !  It was a cool day ! Here are some videos  from Youtube that you might want to watch that my dad took in the sub.



Also see the new pictures from Sunday and the volcano video from yesterday.

Lava, Helicopter, Waterfalls!

Today I went to lots of different things including a helicopter ride, water alls and lava!  I'll start with the waterfalls.  We went to the Akaka Falls and the Kahuna Falls.  It was very humid but it was worth it !  Here are some pictures .  I think I saw the biggest bamboo I'm ever going to see in my life!  It was so peaceful and cool.  Next I'm going to talk about the helicopter ride that my Dad and I went on.  It was almost too wonderful to say in words so I 'm going to put in lots of pictures!  That view, everything about the ride was almost perfect.  The only thing was that it almost tipped entirely on it's side and we went in a bunch of circles.  Later we went to a empty lava tube and we got to walk right through it.  At nightime when it was dark, we went to see lava flowing.  We had to wear runners, bring flashlights and water.  We walked out on the lava rock a long ways before we could see the lava.  It was really spectacular. Afterwards we had to drink our water because there was lots of sulphur dioxide in the air.  Scroll down to see more pictures and a video. 

Another great day!

Today we went to the beach club and met Emily and Lexi, Lexi is 6 and Emily is 8.  They are the daughters of somebody that lives in Hawaii and does work with my Dad.  Lexi is a lot like Bethany, and Emily like me! We both love horses and we love to ride them.  We have read almost the same books (Ghost Horse, Saddle Club etc.)  When we went to the beach club Emily and I built a horse rehabilitation swimming pool and a wall to protect it out of sand ! Afterwards we went snorkeling and Emily saw a puffer fish  and I saw lots of parrot fish.  After the beach, our new friends came back to the house.  I showed  Emily my dsi and she wanted to play it so we did! I showed her my new game, Horseshoe Ranch, and while we were playing it my horse had 2 babies named Sugar and Blue Moon. I had a great day and now I have a pen pal in Hawaii!

At nightime, we left the patio light on and some geckos came out so we could see them.  They were really cute but smaller than I thought they would be.  They move super fast!

My 4th Day in Hawaii

Today I went to the Captain Cook Monument. (or to look at it across the water). We asked someone where the nearest beach was, because we had diven a long way and didn't want  to drive any more. We were going to spend our morning at whatever beach we got to! A  lady told us of a nearby beach. It was very rocky at that beach. There  was a big pod of dolphins and there were rumours that there were sea turtles way out. It was a calm day at the beach  but not to us!

Later we went to a hotel called Fairmont Orchird  and saw some turtles called honus. Some were very big.That was my 4th day in Hawaii.

One of the best days in my life

Guess what I saw? I saw a sea turtle!  At first it was just swimming past me and my dad when we were putting on our snorkeling gear.  When we were snorkeling we saw it twice and, both times, it was less then a metre away. It was awesome, cool, and unbelievable.  The sea turtle had delicate green lines on it's shell.  It turned towards us, looked towards us, and started backing up.  It looked like it was going to back into us! Sadly, we only saw about 5 fish. Later we went to a hotel called the Hilton.  They have about 12 dolphins specially trained, and tram and a boat to get around cause the hotel is so big!  It has a beach were people can snorkle and there's marine life in there including sea turtles.  These are one of the pictures my dad took of the dolphins at  the Hilton.

Tropical air - Hawaii - it's all good!

Today we went for a drive and on our way out to go shopping we saw goats!  This is a picture of one of them. On the other side there was a baby and a mom (or at least they looked like it ).  We've been told that there are lots of goats on the big island.  I just found out that we are going to see a horse on Sunday. I haven't seen a single horse since we got here. I thought there would be lots of horses. Did you know that there are no big snakes in Hawaii, only little snakes?  We have private beach access too.  It's awesome and I'm glad to be in Hawaii!

The First Day

Have you ever known the feeling that you're flying so high? I have, listen and you can hear about my trip to Hawaii. As soon as we boarded that first plane I felt a rush of excitment, I was finally going to Hawaii!  If you ever felt that feeling I felt right there, then you'll know how I felt then.  So I buckled up and the plane took off.  Five hours and thirty-five minutes later we landed in Maui.

You wouldn't believe what a surprise it was to see so much farmland from the plane, so much more than in Vancouver or any were else I had ever seen.  When we started to land I felt like I was being lifted off my seat and floating in midair.  It was such a wonderful feeling when we landed, I was almost sorry that we landed cause it was so beautiful up there.  When we got off the plane, we stepped into the tropical air which felt like a relief.  Better than the cold and rainy weather at home!

We waited for the next plane to take us to the big island.  The flight was supposed to take 30 minutes but it felt like 5. The house we are staying at is awesome.  The master bedroom is big with it's own huge bathroom, the bathroom is like a big hallway! The living room is in the same room as the kitchen.  A long comfortable couch sits on the right side and a cabinet with a tv on the left. Granite countertops are in the kitchen and LOTS of cabinets. Upstairs is two bedrooms - one with 2 beds and the other with one .  We went to bed at 8:00 Hawaii time but 10:00 Vancouver time. We were jet lagged and we all fell asleep fast.