Wednesday, April 9, 2008

North Shore

ALOHA from the Hula Hacienda! It's a three-bedroom ocean-front house a short drive from the historic town of Haleiwa. It's a bit rainy at the moment, so hopefully it'll clear up soon. The coolest thing I've seen today was a whale breaching a few hundred metres from our living room.

We got here late yesterday afternoon after a busy day that started with an excellent tour of the Kamaka Ukulele factory by 81-year-old Fred Kamaka himself. Then we went to visit our friends Alan and Paul Okami at KoAloha Ukulele. They're expanding all the time and fast becoming one of the most prestigious uke companies in the world.

I didn't plan to buy yet another uke on this trip...but I did! It's an awesome solid electric made by a Korean mob called Bugs Gear. I also got the MacBook I'm writing this on for $600 less than the RRP at the Aussie Apple store. I bloody love it so far!

More to come...

Mahalo


3 comments:

Addster said...
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Addster said...

Nice pick-ups, dude!

I'm sure you know the EPL and UEFA scores (yay Liverpool!), but here are the latest ones from the AFC Champions League:

Gamba Osaka 4 - Melbourne Victory 3 (in Oz; they threw this game away)

Adelaide United 2 - Binh Duong 1 (in Vietnam)

Lo said...

A macbook, a ukulele, and a beached whale? Wow--sounds like an amazing trip!