{"id":2632,"date":"2014-02-19T18:54:10","date_gmt":"2014-02-20T02:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.andrewlorenzlong.com\/?p=2632"},"modified":"2014-03-06T21:27:25","modified_gmt":"2014-03-07T05:27:25","slug":"electric-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.andrewlorenzlong.com\/?p=2632","title":{"rendered":"Electric Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On Tuesday we woke up to sunshine peeking through the clouds and we were lucky to keep the sun with us (as well as intermittent clouds) for the rest of the day.\u00a0We started off the day with breakfast at MAC 24\/7<\/a> before heading to Kailua State Beach<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The drive to Kailua took us through Pali Lookout<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The beach is known as one of the most beautiful in the world, and of course it is, but we quickly realized that our snorkeling gear was useless as the water was filled with a lot of sand and no fish. \u00a0Below I can be seen giving my opinion of the snorkeling:<\/p>\n

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We needed the opposite of that, so we decided to change plans and head back west to the opposite side of the island to Kahe beach<\/a>, also known as “electric beach.”<\/p>\n

Before that though we stopped for shaved ice.<\/p>\n

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The road from to Kahe is majestic, weaving through the lush forest covered cliffs with low hanging clouds drifting through the slopes. \u00a0We could tell why Avatar was (partially) filmed there.<\/p>\n

When we got to Kahe we realized it was an entirely different situation than Hanauma bay. \u00a0The beach is very small, and could be quite dangerous if you\u2019re not careful. \u00a0Sam was not feeling up to it, so she stayed on the beach while I spent about 90 minutes splashing around hovering over the coral hundreds of yards from shore.<\/p>\n

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