Escaping the City Without Actually Leaving

Will and I live in Saint Louis Heights, Honolulu. It's a neighborhood situated within a mountain range. Just to the West of us is a valley called Manoa, part of which we overlook from our home. Nestled all the way in the back of Manoa Valley is Manoa Falls, Oahu's tallest waterfall. It's about a mile trek back into the valley, and though it's right in the city it feels like a world away. Jurassic Park and Lost have even been filmed back here!

Despite living about 5 minutes away from the falls, we'd still never made the journey all the way back, so now that Will was finally home and I was healthy again we went adventuring!

Walking through the valley.

Crossing the stream.

Entering the bamboo forest.

We made it to the falls!

You can kind of see the falls in the background.


About to walk through the tunnel tree on our way back. yikes!


Low clearance!

We came home for lunch, did a little work around the house for the day, went out to our favorite sushi spot for dinner, and our favorite bar for after dinner drinks. What a wonderful day it was back together again1

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