Boxing Day: Still a little slow....

Boxing Day here on the island is just as exciting as Christmas Day...except more stuff is open.

We started the day downtown at the farmers market. On the way in, we stopped to say hello to Janno, the owner of Sun and Sea, a diving shop downtown. If the locals are as nice as she is, this place is going to be awesome!

We next headed down a few blocks to the farmers market. There was a neat assortment of fruits and veggies to choose from but we didn't buy much. There is also a section of the farmers market that sells arts and crafts. Nothing screamed at me to take it home, so I didn't pick up any goodies. We did buy some chicken tamales at a stand--a steal at 5 or $10 that would be supper later tonight. The fresh coconut water was also wonderful and 3 chocolate croissants at the bakery stand would be breakfast in the morning.

It was about lunch time when we finished, so we headed over to Pineapples, a restaurant co-owned by Pam, a friend of Julie and Candance's. I had the fresh catch sandwich with a side of sweet potato fries and it was Devine! I also have to make a small comment that the mixed drinks were fabulous as well. Too fabulous--almost!

Afterwards, J&C took me on a little walking tour of Hilo, mainly because we needed to go by the post office. The justice building in Hilo stands out because it's...well...too formal for this town. I did notice that they had decorated a Charlie Brown Christmas tree in the park across the street. If it wasn't for those little things here and there, you wouldn't know it was Christmas time.

As we headed back, J&C took me up through the scenic route though the rain forest and a beautiful waterfall. I got some cool pictures of the waterfall and a the cliffs.

Back at the shack in Honomu (it's not really a shack, but it rhymes well) we took off our slippers (flip-flops to you back home) and slothed some more on the couch. Tomorrow we are headed to Kona to run some errands an take some time-out on the beach. So far, it's a low key kinda vacation, but I am loving it! I am looking forward to making some friends here.