A pretty quiet day today. I had the opportunity to head to a party last night but I decided against it. I am pretty happy that I passed it up because I was able to get an early start this morning.
The forecast called for rain in the afternoon so I made a point to head over to the beach before it did. It’s about a 30-minute walk from the place I am staying. I read a bit, stretched for a while, and then listened to a Spanish podcast while sitting on the beach.
Afterward, I thought it would be a good idea to try to hitchhike since it was a bit of a walk back to the Airbnb. I was a bit nervous because this would be my first time trying. But no issues – the first car I flagged down stopped for me. Sam is from Boston and has been living out of his car for about two weeks. Ever since he arrived in Hawaii.
Hitchhiking seems like something I can do easily and it is something I’d like to try to do more of while I am traveling. I don’t think I will ever rely on it, especially to travel long distances between cities. But it can be useful to travel short distances around town.
After getting back I watched the Super Bowl with some of the people staying at the hostel. I was actually pretty surprised to learn that most of the European people that were staying in the hostel followed American football closely. The sport is really starting to grow around the world. I thought the Super Bowl was really good this year. The game, the commercials, and the half-time show were all spot on.
Tomorrow I am going to head back to Honolulu and my new friends Nick and Fenia are going to drive me. They have a car and they are planning on heading that way anyway so it’s going to work out alright. Like I said I have been getting lucky. My plan was to bus around the island but I haven’t had to yet.