Lanikai Pillboxes + Lulumahu Falls | Oahu, Hawaii Day 4

Day four, Hawaii. We're starting in the dark. Good morning. We are at the Atlantic High Pillboxes on the east side of Oahu. It's this beautiful like 30-ish minute hike to the top of this mountain or hill I guess with these pillboxes that are covered in graffiti. They're super cool and they overlook the east side beaches of Oahu. Actually it's like 360 degree views. It's really really beautiful and the sunrise hasn't even started yet officially and the colors are already insane. So we're really really excited. It's really cool up here because there's two pillboxes that we've found so far but there's like little you know little trails between them but it's like really kind of jungly and yeah it's just fun to hike around and explore it. You can see all of the mountains. It's unreal. There's a ton of people here obviously because it's a very very popular hike in Oahu. I'm sure many of you have seen it on Instagram or something so there's a lot of people out here but despite the crowds it's still beautiful and we kind of found a spot tucked away from everyone for right now and then we're going to join everyone for the sunrise and then maybe find some quieter spots afterwards. This sunrise has been sick. It's up now but it was absolutely beautiful. Even though it was really busy we were able to get a ton of awesome shots. We cannot wait to share them with everyone. The colors were just unreal. We got really lucky because we haven't really had like a true sunrise since we've been here because we haven't really been on the east side. We got lucky it was a very clear day. So if you keep going past the second pillbox you'll see some ridges. Just keep following that trail and it takes you to this awesome rock that you can look over the entire view. It's way less busy. I highly recommend it. There's this little like handle on the rock to hold on to so you feel a little safer. It's a really great photo spot and just a spot to relax and take in the view. So we just finished the pillbox hike. Yes. And we are very sweaty. There's like hardly any cover up there so the sun just beams down on you. So it got very hot but it was absolutely breathtaking. Probably my favorite thing we've done so far on this trip. The views were just incredible. Oh man the entire time too. It's just crazy. So it took us about 20 to 30 minutes to get to the top and then we went about another 15 to 20 on another ridge. If you're going to come for sunrise which we highly recommend make sure you bring a headlamp. That way you can see and make sure you have good shoes. That way you don't slip because it can get a little slick at times. And then lastly you park in a neighborhood so keep that in mind. It's kind of hard to find parking and just be really respectful of the people who live here and don't you know park where you're not supposed to park and also try to be quiet especially at sunrise. Yeah you don't want to be slamming doors you know honking your car beeper thing key thing. So those are all of our tips but we highly recommend it. Now we're gonna go get coffee because we haven't had any yet and Adam's struggling. So we went to go get coffee and we told ourselves we were gonna be good today and just get like not sweet drinks. I'll just get my regular like big cup of regular coffee. Yeah like we're gonna be good and then this happened and we thought this was just gonna be like frappuccinos just like ice and like milk and espresso. No there's ice cream in here. We haven't tried it yet but it looks really good. Let's do it. It's gonna be worth it. It's the only it's the only treat we're having today. Those are both really good. So we're in Kailua right now which is on the east side of Oahu. I'm still working on my milkshake. I don't even don't even think we can call it coffee. It's a ice cream. And we saw there's a farmer's market happening so we thought we'd go check that out. Maybe buy some fruit or just see what they have there and support maybe some local vendors. Buy local. This farmer's market is awesome. We just bought some fresh salsa. Eat all of our chips later today and we got Kona some beef liver treats. She's gonna love them though. Can't forget about the dogs when you travel. We're at the, I'm gonna cheat, we're at the Uwanupali lookout which is kind of this like turn off on the highway. You go up this road and it takes you to this parking lot where you can walk and see something beautiful. We think we haven't seen it yet but it's only three dollars to park which is pretty cheap for hopefully some awesome views. Next stop on the adventure, Lulu Mountains. This is about a two mile hike. Should be pretty easy, probably muddy. It's actually on government private property so you're not supposed to hike here without a permit. It's considered trespassing. So we paid $2.50 for our permit. Apparently no one gets a permit though but we're like notorious rule followers. If there's like a fence and it's like don't go past this fence, we don't do it even though everyone else is. So we wanted to be safe and get a permit. So we recommend that you get a permit too. It's very easy. We'll link in the description where to actually get the permit. We're gonna go check it out and there's a ton of cars here so it's probably gonna be busy but we're hoping, crossing our fingers, we get to go swim in the waterfall. We're gonna get in for sure. We're about two minutes in and we're already unsure where to go. We got lost again. We thought we had it but there was a fence that you could not get through so we will try again. This trail has been a bit confusing so far. You gotta look out for these little fellas here to try to help you along the way. There's tons of little different avenues to go down so definitely keep your eye out for... This one's tiny. Some have been bigger but I think what we want to do is stay on this main, it's kind of paved, gravelly area and don't try to turn off too much. I also read to follow the stream. We haven't seen a stream yet so once we find it we will follow it. Choppers are coming in clutch. Able to just walk through water, walk through mud. It's a little dirty but it's fun. We are almost done with the waterfall hike and it was sick. It was awesome. Totally worth it. It's probably one of my favorite waterfalls we've done because I normally don't get in them because one they're cold and or two like you can't get in because there's like bacteria or something so we actually got in this one which was very fun. Yeah totally worth it. We got lost a bunch getting there but coming back has been way easier. Yeah correction on the follow the little ribbon thing. Guests follow them but they can also get you sidetracked so mainly follow the stream but there's also ribbons on the sides of the stream that can kind of shoot you off and you'll get way up in there and you're still following ribbons but they're taking you somewhere else maybe. Regardless of how you get there you'll get there you may just go like the not as convenient way. Stick closer to the water though for sure. And if you're gonna go wear good shoes. Don't wear flip-flops. Wear your gym shoes that you don't mind getting trashed with mud or chacos. Our chacos were amazing. They were the perfect shoe for it. We just like stomped through rivers totally fine and like through the mud totally fine. But yeah highly recommend this hike. We'll link how to kind of get to it in the description. It was pretty busy but we still felt like we had a lot of space to play around in the waterfall. Oh yeah. So we lied earlier when we said that our little ice cream coffee earlier was our only treat of the day because we did something naughty. Oops. Here we go again. We came to this place just to look for a hat because they sell merchandise but then we found out Obama likes to come here for shave ice and we're like well that's really fun so let's go and so we did it but we got the small size we were gonna share but then we decided to get smalls each so we're getting a little bit better. When in Rome you do as the Romans do. Atlantica Beach. Yeah made it. It's our final stop of the day. We're gonna relax. We're gonna swim. We're gonna watch the sunset. Finding parking was really hard but we found it and now we're just gonna relax. Persistence. Yes. Now we're gonna go jump in the water. In a parking lot or street car parking stocking. I don't know. Day four is over. We really loved the east side of Oahu. Oh man. We haven't spent much time here before and we kind of regret it. I think next time we'll definitely want to stay over here or at least spend a couple days here. It's beautiful. The town was cool. I loved it over here. It was really cool. Lots of cool little shops too. We got lucky with the farmer's market on a Sunday. It was so awesome. That was just like a hidden gem of the day. Yeah that was a highlight. Well tomorrow's our last day. We're not ready to think about it yet but we do have some fun stuff planned. Oh yeah. It's only a half day but we're gonna do some hiking. We're gonna get the most out of it. Go to some beaches. It'll be really fun even though we'll be very sad the whole time. Yeah. So we'll see you tomorrow. Yep. No regrets. No regrets. That's my credo. Indiana Jones. Got it. you