seen this cool turtle walking on the sidewalk today. somebody’s pet?

i love my new shower! used it today for the first time and it worked perfectly. thanks again Reid and Yuko-chan! surfed my secret spot this morning and yes, nobody was out! just me and the 4′ sets rolling in at 100 waves per hour. a great workout!

then went for a quick sunset ride. gosh, it was so beautiful!

ok, the list of the 10 most dangerous cities in the world just came out. #8 was Cape Town. went there 15 years ago and didn’t seem too dangerous. it actually was a beautiful city!

#6 was Guatemala City. gosh, can you believe i was riding a bicycle around the city taking photos? now that i think about it, that was pretty stupid. should have stayed indoors like everybody told me to do. absolutely no plans going back there.

i was kind of bummed to see Honduras as the most dangerous city in the world. i heard so many good things about it from my backpacker friends. and was also planning to visit there sometime soon. will have to rethink it over. but someday, i hope to visit Honduras. and yes, just like guatemala, i will go there alone because i don’t want to be responsible for anybody. in dangerous countries, you have to travel on instinct. if something tells you to run, you better run!

Enjoy Hawaii!

had a great 4 days of surfing with Oshima-san. from 11’0 to 10’0 to 9’6. progression every day on every wave. we just surfed, surfed, and surfed.

yesterday morning was beautiful! the morning sun light hitting the water making glassy conditions. a surfers dream!

we laughed so much. i’m sure people from ala moana shopping center could hear us in the water laughing and laughing. thank you Oshima-san for the awesome time in hawaii. have a safe flight home and keep on surfing!

gosh, i can’t even explain how much i love surfing so much. words just can’t describe how happy it makes me feel.

last, the biggest wave of the day comes in yesterday as Oshima-san and i are waiting on the outside. we call it the “obake set” and it was about to break on our heads. at the last second, i yell “throw your board and dive under!!!” Oshima-san throws his board, dives under, and comes up laughing. next time he comes to hawaii, we will get bigger waves, bigger smiles, and louder laughs. haha.