Normandy Adventures: Surf's Up

Today we try surfing for the first time! Woooo! We got a recommendation for a surfing lesson and managed to buy a groupon with Kai Sallas' Pro Surf School Hawaii. We're glad we went with them because our instructor was very patient and learning the basics was definitely a must. It took me a while to get the hang of standing up on the surf board and I kept forgetting to breathe out when I slammed into the water :( (Salt water going up the nose and mouth is unpleasant.) Norm picked up surfing way faster than I did. Even our instructor asked if he does other board sports on the regular which he doesn't but maybe he should! Anyway, there weren't too many waves that day so we spent a lot of time just waiting for our turn and then waiting for a wave. Nonetheless it was really fun and a great full body workout. The most tiring part was paddling back to shore, lol. Another good thing about the company we went with is that we went to a secluded part of Waikiki beach so there was no pressure and we didn't have to feel embarrassed since we weren't very good. (We later saw young kids killing it and put us to shame.)

Pre-surfing

Really nice day for surfing!

Waiting for our turn

Chilling out

After a quick shower, we made our way to a nearby ramen restaurant. There was a short wait which is usually a good sign that the place is yummy. Norm had the Tokyo ramen (classic shoyu flavour) and I had the special tomato with cheese ramen. The tomato ramen was different and very tasty but the strong flavour got very lao. After lunch we walked around the Waikiki board walk, got some delicious mochi, and chilled at the beach for a few minutes (in the shade). We were planning to hike Diamond Head that afternoon but there was an issue with our Airbnb which took 4 hours to sort out and we ended up relocating to a nearby hotel. We weren't going to make that affect our vacation though! For dinner we went to the trusty Marukame Udon to cheer ourselves up.