A few days before Christmas 2011, we walked from where we are staying in Kahala to a staircase that leads down to Diamond Head Beach. It is a two and a half mile walk from Kahala Mall.
Of course the kids complained on the way, but, by telling them stories and encouraging them to look at the birds, flowers, and trees along the way, we made it. I am always trying to get my children to walk places, so it was quite a victory for me that they walked all the way there without too much complaining. Once we got there, we were hot and ready to jump in.
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| Diamond Head Beach, seen from above |
We set ourselves up just to the right of the staircase that leads from the street down to the beach. There was quite a breeze, which blew sand at us from time to time. You could avoid that, however, by walking in the wet sand. I walked with the kids over to the right-hand end of Diamond Head Beach, where there are a few tide pools suitable for swimming. The kids put on snorkels, and swam out. We hung out there for a while, and I decided to walk back down the beach, back towards Kahala.
I was pleasantly surprised to find that Diamond Head Beach is actually quite long – perhaps a mile from end to end. And, towards the eastern end, the beaches are even nicer. There are very few people on the beach. You can’t swim everywhere, because there is a lot of coral. However, there are quite a few nice spots for swimming.
I walked back to where we had left our backpacks and towels, and told everyone that we could walk along the beach to the other end, where there was an exit back out to the street, as well as nice places to swim. The kids ran ahead, eager to see the rest of the beach.
Once we came to the swimming holes, the kids and I jumped in to cool off again. We left through the eastern exit that leads right back to Kahala Road. This exit, which we didn’t know about, is only about 2 miles from Kahala Mall. It turns out that, even though the map doesn't show it, you can almost walk from Wai'Alae Beach Park to Diamond Head. There are secluded beaches all along the way. The end that juts out, however, is rocky, so you have to go out to the street to pick up where you left off.
One of these days I will walk from Kahala Mall to Wai'Alae Beach, all along the beach, and then over to Diamond Head.
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| The end of Wai'Alae Beach, with Diamond Head beach just around the corner |
Soraya is the only one who wrote a blog about this little adventure. Here is her take on it.
Yesterday we went Diamond Head Beach. Monk seals lived there. I didn’t see any though. We walked 2 and half miles to get there. We parked ourselves somewhere on the beach. Then we went to the tide pool. On our way to the tide pool, the wind got very strong, so the sand hit us on the body. It hurt a lot. First my mom screamed, then Tatiana screamed, and then I screamed. Then every kid got in front of mom. When it was over, I had the shivers. Then we moved along. While we were going, mom told us that we were walking on dry lava. I thought that was cool. When we got there, Tatiana got the snorkel first. Dante got the other one. I didn’t care though. Because the one Dante was wearing didn’t even fit me. After five minutes was over, I told Tatiana it was my turn. Tatiana said that she just wanted to show Dante something. It took one minute for Tatiana to show Dante the big worm or seal poop. Then I got my turn. I tried to find the big worm or poop. Then I found it. It looked a lot like poop.
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