I've NOT been abducted by aliens..

Currently sitting in Honolulu airport waiting for the flight to Maui. Arranged for the lovely Dre and his adorable dog and surf buddy Lola to escort me to the airport. 

Dre has been so nice and kind and has offered that I contact his friends and family if i go back to San Diego (his home town) if I need somewhere to stay. More proof that there are good genuine people in this world. Thank you so much and I will be sure to Facebook Lola about my travel plans. Happy days xxx

So just surfing the super information highway and having a cheeky wine before I depart...

The skies have been stormy, so I've been a bit nervous about my journey. Dre assured me that even if I crash, I will live, as its only a half hour flight. Got to love eternal optimism! Regardless, the sphincter is in overdrive :-/  

Touch down

Arrived in Maui safe and well and just checked into my hostel where I was told I have a room upgrade. Trust me, this isn't the lap of luxury and an upgrade here is a private room, no aircon, no bathroom, no towels and certainly no toiletries.. All is good so far and already buddied up with a Dubliner called Emma and signed up for the tour tomorrow to Hana. Good times :-) x off to have a shower now and head to the shop for some beers. I've been living too low key while on Oahu and need to break the proverbial seal and have a few cold ones. Night folks x 

The road to Hana

Ive arrived in my new hostel and its pretty cool. Great vibe and they do one free tour every day - you just have to tip the driver. 

So 8am I'm in the van with 11 other people, 1 dressed as Fred Flintstone, 1 dressed at batman. As soon as we headed off, out came the rum and beers. To say I was unprepared is an understatement. I packed a towel, water, hiking boots and a croissant. Everyone else was cigarettes and alcohol! Ive let the side down basically.

Some photos of the Hana region In Maui:

Batman and Fred Flintstone crawling out of the sea:

Oh yeah!

Inside the sea cave. Photos don't do it justice! 

Cliff jumping with Fred and Bruce

The dark destroyer

What a funny funny day... These guys made it for me..

About a week later

I've been so caught up with hanging out at the Bungalow that I've not been keeping tabs on what I've been doing, so ill just list some of the Maui highlights:

Scary spiders

Travelling to Hana - every corner there was either a waterfall, a stunning beach, cliffs, pools, mountains covered in what looks like emerald green velvet. A 12 hour trip and a truely great memory.

Meeting some amazing people at the Bungalow. Personal faves are my little Irish friend Emma, who i hung out with most days, digressing, drinking and putting the world to rights. Our stunning hostess with the mostest Caitlyn, who put up with our drunken antics and was the BEST and bubbliest tour guide. She also said I was her favourite guest at the bungalow (did I mention she's got great taste). Santi our resident pervert and ladies man. He had me laughing almost every day and I appreciated his toilet humour and crazy finger when the other ladies would recoil (it's my dark side) ;-). Caleb for being an absolute fucking legend and kindered spirit - I love yo shit boi! And not forgetting Gemma, my fellow Scottish warrior Princess for the banter.... Too many to mention and you all have made my trip to Maui a great one. So many laughs and I was genuinely sad to leave you all behind. Maybe on my return from South America, I will stop back at the Bungalow but will stay for a month X

The beach party, drinking vodka and staring at the constellations - the night time sky was stunning on this night! I had a hangover but soon cleared the cobwebs away, thanks to Swedish vodka and tropicana. 

The hippy beach - what can I say? This place is fucking weird but in an amazingly jaw dropping way. Lots of old naked hippies dancing to tribal drums - anything goes here and may actually have been the highlight of Maui. Truly spectacular and you can even score space cakes and shrooms, if that's your thing. 

I actually have some video footage but having trouble uploading clips to my blog! I think it's because I'm on an iPad, so will try when I can get my mitts on a P.C.. 

The cheep $1 dollar drinks at Moose's - eh Caitlyn? ;-) 

So, now I'm back in Oahu, sitting in a motel drinking one of those extra large softdrinks you can only buy in the USA - the room is a bit ming, im directly under the flight path and the only thing cheaper than the bedsheets is the toilet paper! Yucky! I am flying back to Vegas in the morning to meet Mr CW and crew.. Can't wait to see this little peach of a man and looking forward to a bit of luxury. King size bed, egyptian cotton sheets, cable TV, oh how i miss you.....

After Vegas I'm going to head to the coast for a bit and hang out for the arrival of my little sister. I swear, words cannot describe how happy I will be to spend 10 days with her. Love that kid!! Not sure how I'm going to spend my time there but seriously thinking about windsurfing? Who knows? Dream Discover Explore! 

I also read some shocking news on fish fingers. This has me worried:

Further Findus controversy as fish revealed not to have fingers

Frozen ready meal provider Findus is under further pressure today after tests showed that their Fish Finger products contained no aquatic digits whatsoever.

The research took place yesterday when someone at home looked on the Internet at photos of a fish and photos of a fish finger.

Lead researcher and Simon Williams, “I’ve looked at dozens of pictures of fish and still not seen a single finger.”

“You never see a picture of a fish waving at the camera, do you?”

“I’m beginning to panic about what I’ve been putting in my mouth all these years – I think we need to be told the truth”

“I bet there’s as much finger in this product as there is beef in one of their Lasagnas. I don’t see how the public can ever trust them again.”

Findus controversy

Many consumers have been left distraught at the news, having failed to learn anything about animal anatomy at school.

Fish finger fan Mike Walsh frantically told us, “Oh Christ, what is it I’ve been eating all these year? Is it a fish penis, is that it? Am I ‘fish gay’ now?”

Food industry experts have been warning the public to be more careful about their product choices in future.

A spokesman for the Food Standards Agency explained, “If you didn’t kill and cook the thing on your plate yourself, rest assured that somewhere an executive in a suit cut a few corners in selling it to you.”

NEWSFLASH

I've actually just started watching Breaking Bad. Quite liking it and never knew cooking meth could be so glamorous! No spoilers please as I'm only on Season 1. I've also been preoccupied with Trueblood and I'm now nuts deep in Season 6 - it's loosing its allure a bit for me and I think they are struggling for story lines I feel. So... I'm signing off tonight as Netflix is calling me. Best fiver ever spent!!