Top Of Waikiki

Yesterday I was supposed to meet up Emma in the morning to go longboard surfing down in Waikiki. Since I spent the previous evening watching standup comedy on Netflix, I woke up at noon. By then, Emma was already in the water so we decided to meet up at six that night instead.

Ten minutes after six I left my aparment and took the bike to waikiki. It was late, but a lot of people are late here. They even have a term for it: Hawaii time.

Biking through Waikiki I realized how crazy that place is. There are spray painters, living statues, real statues, fire, fountains, hip-hopers, surfers, gold-diggers, tourists, and mokes. The mokes are the local bad-asses. With local I mean that they are from here and not white but they are not necesssarity Hawaiian. Some are Tongans, Samoans, Portugese, or Philippinos.

After hanging out at Emma's place for a while, we ended up at the "Top of Waikiki". It is the closest to "the restaruant at the end of the world" from "The Hich-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy" that I have experienced. It looks like a space ship and is located at the 20th floor. The restaurant is circular with glass walls and it spins (!) 360 degrees in one hour. The restaurant is built in three floors so that no matter where in the restaurant you are, you still have a great view. The bar is in the middle at the highest part of the place. We had a great time having exotic drinks and chatting. I haven't spent a lot of time with girlfriends lately and it was so nice to have a girls' night out.

On my way home I met fice Australian girls. They were here for vacation and had the exciting spirit that I had myself the first time I came here. All of a sudden, and out of nowhere, two guys in tiny shorts and body pained like tigers attacked our group. The Australian girls got all exited, a camera appeared, and pictures were taken with the girls and the tigers posing around them. Then the tigers continued their hunt further down the sidewalk. As I said, Waikiki can be a little crazy at times.