Hawaii Noms

Ahi Poke

There is so much I want to eat in Hawaii. Could almost be a food tour!

I am going to eat so much fish in Hawaii it is going to be ridiculous. They eat heaps of Ahi (Tuna), ahi poke, a common mixture of raw ahi, onions, peppers and soy (basically sashimi with vegies) is even sold in all the supermarkets!! Mmmm can't wait.

I'm assuming a Luau is the equivalent of a Hangi. I don't really appreciate well cooked food but I will give it a go! The show itself will be cool to see.

Seared Ahi

Can't wait to try Guri Guri, a frozen Hawaiian (hopefully dairy free) dessert. Looks yummy.

There are heaps of buffets... sushi buffets... I'm going to get so fat.

Then there is all the fresh fruit... can't wait to browse the farmers markets!

Must work out heaps before I go there ready for the excess weight upon arrival.

#followmeto

I found these pictures (well Instagram found them and posted a link) and I absolutely love them.

A Russian photographer ad his girlfriend travel constantly around the world and she is leading him to exotic landmarks and destinations.

Cutest thing ever.

Follow him @muradosmann

Heart of Vancity

Found this wicked video of Vancouver - Makes me excited!

Plough Inn

Nate oh so happy

Spent an awesome evening at the Plough Inn with my mate Nate who was visiting from Melbourne.

Headed there for a cider. Next thing you know Nate realises it's ribs and rumps night and we're staying for dinner. Not that I was complaining in the least.

That was 3 hours ago now and I am still SO full. I actually thought I could roll home.

We both went for the pork ribs and at $24 you really do get your money's worth. Comes with a side of fries and coleslaw. I'm not big on coleslaw but the fries and ribs were delicious!

I attempted to eat as much as I could but it still looked like I had hardly touched the plate.

And to make it even more awesome, you get to wear a disposable bib!

Can't ask for much more really.

It's bigger than it looks!

Cheeky cider

My finished meal

Happy Friday!!

Visa so hard

Getting my visa is proving painful... or rather perhaps I should just learn to read instructions properly.

It's not that it is hard... Just frustrating.

So today, I ran around getting a 'digital' photograph of myself to the required specifications for my Visa. Nobody did actual digital ones so I headed to Aus Post & just got passport pics done then scanned them.

I thought that was the last part I had to complete for my Visa and I was well under way to getting it back in good time before I left for Hawaii. Was pretty amped to be honest and relieved to have it gone.

You see for a NZ police check you just have to sign a release form. What I didn't realise however was that as I had lived in Australia over 6 months I had to get an Australian one also. And theirs takes up to 15 working days. 3 weeks! That's three weeks too long. (Insert smart quip about Aussie's not being as efficient as Kiwi's here.)

Now I will potentially be in Hawaii, about to leave for Vancouver, before I even get my Visa... cutting it fine alright! That's if the police check takes the 3 weeks and the visa takes 8 weeks... any longer on either side and there is the possibility I could be stuck in Hawaii...

Could be worse!!

Stuck here.. Damn.

Gangsta Twitter

Lost my sh!t at work today over this...

If you have twitter check it out- it changes everything you have ever tweeted to 'Gangsta speak.'

Check out the article HERE

Example of my own tweets...