Itinerary:
- Snorkeling at hotel
- Lunch at A Bay's Island Grill
- Kings' Shops
- Queens' MarketPlace
- Puako Petroglyph
- Hapuna Beach
- Dinner at Lemongrass Express Waikoloa
Since we had a busy day yesterday, today will be a relaxed day. We started off the morning with some pastries from the deli. After breakfast, we went snorkeling in the hotel. We bought our snorkeling gear although the hotel offers complimentary snorkel gear for guests. The hotel has a nice snorkeling site and we saw a lot of fishes there.
After snorkeling the entire morning, we decided to head out for lunch and visit some nearby sights.
We wanted to check out the nearby Hilton Waikoloa Hotel as we heard that there are some restaurants and stores there. Even though it was nearby but it still took us 15 minutes of driving. After reading my Yelp review for nearby restaurants, I picked A Bay's Island Grill. The food was not too bad but the service was not good at all. We were seated for about 10 minutes and the server didn't even come to greet us even though the restaurant was not busy at all. I was about to go before he came.
The restaurant is inside Kings' Shops which is a lakeside mall with some high end stores. Tiffany & Co. has a store here as well. Since I didn't like the service at the restaurant, so we didn't stay for dessert. Instead we went to one of the grocery stores there to buy some ice creams. Let's just say that I now realize that I am in Hawaii. The prices are more than double what we pay in the mainland.
We checked out the Macy's there and it was so small and the prices are very expensive as well.
After that, we decided to check out the nearby Queens' MarketPlace.
After Queens' MarketPlace, we decided to head back to the hotel to check out Puako Petroglyph which is right next to the hotel. Initially, we couldn't find the trail and went towards the beach but it wasn't the right way. So we went back to the parking lot and saw that the trail was across from the parking lot.
Mason wanted some Subway sandwiches as he was starting to miss his comfort food. So, we found a Subway in Queens' MarketPlace and decided to head there. The rest of us didn't want sandwiches so we ordered food from Lemongrass Express Waikoloa. I had high hopes for this restaurant as it was opened by one of the famous chefs in Hawaii but the food turned out not too good.
After dinner, we decided to go to the nearby grocery store to buy some water and fruits. That's when we saw the gigantic avocado.
Of course I had to buy my favorite Lychee.
Look at the prices of the clementines. That's almost 3 times what we paid in mainland.
I also saw some bands that can be worn to prevent mosquitoes bits. I bought them even though it's kinda late in our trip as we will be leaving in 2 days but I wanted to try them to see if they works. The insect repellent that I used doesn't seemed to work well and I have gotten so many mosquito bites in this trip that it wasn't even funny.
We also bought some drinks and sandwiches for tomorrow's breakfast.
I also bought their shrimp chips to try. I bought the large pack thinking that it would be delicious. Big mistake as it was so salty that I couldn't finish it.
After that, we decided to head back to the hotel and call it a night.
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