After eating our big Hawaiian lunch on Saturday, we decided to burn it off by hiking the Manoa Falls Trail. This trail is arguably the second most popular with tourists on Oahu (the first is Diamond Head). Though everyone here told us that this trail was quite easy, we did discover that it is quite muddy and could be treacherous if you were unprepared (read: a tourist in platform flip flops).
The trail was shaded though somewhat muggy due to the fact that it is basically through a rain forest! So cool! It felt like we were walking through the set of Jurrasic Park. There were some SERIOUS mosquitos which were not at all phased by Maggie's bugspray and who viciously attacked her legs throughout the trip. At the end of the muddy mess of trail, you are rewarded with a beautiful waterfall view. People had recommended that we jump in the pool there, and despite the fact that we came prepared to do so (wearing swimsuits under our clothes) we chickened out due to big signs about bacteria and foreign materials in the water from a landslide. We really have issues with rebellion. Maybe next time we will abandon our fears and take some pictures of us IN the waterfall.
On the way back down the trail, we encountered a very large frog (toad?) in a hole at eye level along the ridge. He sat very still and patiently waited for his portait to be done. :)
2 comments:
Beautiful hike. BTW, do you "put OFF on" or do you "put on OFF" for mosquitos?
That frog looks comfy, do you think he sublets?
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