We only spent one morning in Oahu, and this was our pre-dawn destination. It’s called Lanai Cove, on the southwest corner of the island. Luckily, the place we rented for the night left a lot to be desired, so getting up 4am and leaving was just fine. There was a quick stop at a gas station for some snacks (one of us had gas station sushi, but I won’t mention WHO) and off we went…..armed with Google Maps, beef jerky and coffee…..the breakfast of ex-champions. When we finally parked, it was still pitch black out, but we stumbled upon a photographer who was also waiting for the sun to rise. He pointed us in the right direction and we started walking. This was easy, though……about a quarter of a mile walk....over a guardrail, down some rocks and we were there. Great way to ring in a new day.
This was our last morning in Bali. I had already packed my camera away.for the long journey home (30 hours), but then I saw this scene.....not the gazillion year old temple.....but my brother.....in a sarong. Truth be told, I was actually wearing a sarong too...mine was blue and it looked pretty dang awesome. We got suckered into buying these out on the street, not knowing they came free with the temple admission.
This is Sanur beach in Bali....hard to forget a morning like this. It took a bit of an early wake-up to get here, but the sunrise was completely worth the shortened night of sleep. Just behind me was sort of a paved boardwalk, where local merchants were setting up their tents for the day......selling everything from handmade art to religious items to some pretty amazing local food ....which we had to sample. We even met a couple of local photographers that we still keep in touch with, not to mention our good friend, Wan, who got us here safely and on time for an awesome morning.
