We woke early and once I was liberally coated in Deet, we took a stroll around our gardens, we made a call to Mum & Ron who had got confused with the time here in Hawaii & thought it was Christmas.

Ian met a funky little lizard.

We took a 3 minute walk to the Art Gallery come Waipio Valley tour pick -up stop,

The offering stone, meant to thank the gods for their bounty.

For a thousand years Waipio has been producing Taro, a root vegetable that has to be boiled for many hours in order to be palatable and make a food called Poi. In the 1800's western contact brought disease to the local population, along with an influx of other nationalities, diluting the Hawaiian bloodlines.

The ornamental Umbrella plant.

We stopped for several breaks to take snaps and cool us down.
The many shallow waterways feed the Taro fields, which propogate the plants, Rice paddy style.

The tallest constantly flowing waterfall in the US is their pride & Joy, with the legend of a beautiful princess who jumped to her doom with her commoner love interest, creating this natural feature.

The monkey nut tree, the tree bears large nuts, but no Monkies,
We are lucky enough to be here in the fruit season, their moto " If you starve to death , it can only be because you are lazy", literally every tree is bearing fruit.

The beautiful Pagoda flower, flowers once a year.

A late lunch at the food truck ( Tha areas only option ) I had The Hawaiian plate with Kalua Cabbage, Lau Lau, Chicken, Long Rice, Lomi Lomi, Salmon & pork roasted in leaves. Ian had Fish & Chips..Adventurous as always.

A final visit to the magnificent viewpoint, to reflect on the fragility of life in this place, in 1946 a tidal wave destroyed much of the valley, Tsunami and tidal waves still damage the valley quite regularly.

Lazy afternoon away from the Mozzies for me..

Sleep well dear reader..We are on our way again tomorrow! x