Honeymoon - Day 6

Day 6 of our honeymoon was a relaxation day for us. We had a dive scheduled at 4pm, but nothing to do until then. So we took this opportunity to enjoy our amazing resort pool. I woke up relatively earlier than Justin, as always, and headed to the pool by myself so that he could get some sleep. He met me at the adults only pool when he woke up later.



This is the adults only pool, also referred to as the Hibiscus Pool. It was incredibly relaxing and is usually never full! There's hot tubs on both sides of the pool, though you can't really see them in this picture. They have cabanas set up around the pool where they give pool side massages. It was very relaxing because there weren't any kids, and as early as I was there, there wasn't too many adults either. Only the waves and birds were making noise.



The pool has a pretty good view of the resorts wedding chapel. You may recognize this as the spot where John and Kate Gosslin renewed their wedding vows!!! I don't watch that show but a friend of mine pointed it out to me when she saw our pictures.



When Justin came down we stayed at the adults pool for an hour or so but then got bored, so we went to the activity pool. In this pool, where most of the people go, there were a bunch of fun things to do. It was really seven pools that were all attached by either a water slide, lazy river, or a water elevator. The picture above is of Justin and I floating down the lazy river.



One of the most popular spots was the swim up bar that was located in a cave. There were a bunch of tables around so that people could enjoy their drinks or food while still in the water. The water in the cave was heated, which we thought was really cool. On the exit part of the cave was a waterfall that you had to go under to get back to the main pool. There was also a hot tub located in the cave. It was seriously one of the coolest things ever!



This is a view from one of the hot tubs above the activity pool of one of the lazy rivers leading into a bigger pool. It was so gorgeous!



Me enjoying the hot tub above the activity pool. Awesome view of the ocean too!

After relaxing for a day at the beach and pool at our hotel, we got ready and headed back to Makena Landing (where we did our snorkel/kayak tour on Day 4) to do our dives. We used Shaka Divers as our guide and we did their "Twilight Dive" special. This involved going into the water during the day and then revisiting the same place at night to see the night creatures come out. We got ready and started to head into the water around 6.



Shaka Doug is the guide that was in charge. He is the owner of the business and even holds 2 world records! There were only 3 of us going that day.



This is a picture that Doug took of me coming up on a turtle. Doug actually took a lot of pictures for us that we bought for super cheap from him later. His camera was obviously much better than ours underwater :)



This was such a gorgeous view from one of the reefs below. The downside of this particular dive was the surge action. In Hawaii, waves and currents get MUCH stronger in the afternoon. This was our first ever dive in the ocean and on top of that, our first experience with such a bad surge. When waves came in, it was all we could do to not run into the reefs or get pushed out further into the ocean. I've never swam so hard in my life!!



The hand symbol I'm using is frequently used by Hawaiians and is their way of saying "hang loose" or "awesome". Doug liked a lot of pictures with his divers using it because it is also the symbol on his business.



Justin and I were a little shocked when Doug asked us to kiss underwater. Neither of us were too fond of having the regulators out of our mouths for too long when we're that deep underwater!!

This is just a small video Doug made of Justin and I going through some underwater arches. At the end I'm pointing at a turtle for Justin to look at, you just can't see it on the video.

After getting out of the water from the first dive we had to go back to Doug's bus to get flashlights for our night dive. We each had a flashlight, though to be honest, they weren't very bright! Doug also had the brilliant idea of tying glow sticks to our air tanks. Each of us had a different color and that made it easier to see who you were around without having to shine a light in someone's face.



This is a picture Doug took on the night dive. It's a moray eel. Not gonna lie, these things freak me out, especially when they've got their teeth out!



Here's another one that was bearing its teeth a little more than the first one. These things ran from Doug when he shined his light on them. They are pretty scared of things they don't understand.



The last picture is of a crab that Doug found under some rocks. Due to the major surge action going on, visibility was not at its best. However, Justin and I were at this exact spot when we were kayaking so we knew that it could have been better. We were just excited about the dive the next day that we were doing at Molokini Crater, where the water is said to be clearer than bath water. Not gonna lie, I'm a little nervous to do another night dive. I'll do it with Justin if he wants, but I am by no means going out of my way to do a night dive. It was cool, don't get me wrong, but I just like being able to see in front of me and around me all at the same time. I don't like swimming blind! If any of you dive, you know how much it wears you out, so Justin and I just went and picked up some quick dinner and went back to the hotel and went to bed. We had another dive planned for tomorrow!

Next up, day 7 - diving at Molokini Crater. Both of these dive days has knocked off #19 of my 101 things to do in 1,001 days.