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Location: Central Bay Area, CA as of Jan 2010...but still a proud Texan from Houston!
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It is customary to tip for a lot of people if it was a great trip but many don't. In terms of how much, that really depends on the service and what you are comfortable with. If it's a good trip I'll generally leave $20 - I've given more and less.
Thanks! We tipped 20$ and there was another married couple that was on our snorkel group who did not tip as far as I could tell. My partner is a very generous man and he wonders if he should have tipped more. We are actually going to use the same company for our diving adventure.
Location: Central Bay Area, CA as of Jan 2010...but still a proud Texan from Houston!
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Scuba diving is so far the most fun thing we have done on this island thus far! We had 2 dives today that were so magical. I have never scuba dived in my life and it was so very easy...we had a great instructor. We are going to take open water diver certification classes from PADI on Saturday and I am so excited!!!!!
Location: Central Bay Area, CA as of Jan 2010...but still a proud Texan from Houston!
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I'm glad you are enjoying your vacation. Please post some pics when you get a chance!
Thanks and will do. I have my work laptop with me and I can't insert our SD camera card into it to post photos. I will post once home and settled back in.
I only wish we could stay here longer...so much more that I want to see and do. The scuba certification will take up an entire day of our remaining 5 days. We are still up reading the book that is required and that the test will cover. UGH but well worth it. Have you every scuba dived? It is so awesome!
Location: Central Bay Area, CA as of Jan 2010...but still a proud Texan from Houston!
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Well a very nice sunset cruise just ended with a potentially violent situation. White boy with 3 black girls wanted to F with me on the highway in a very violent manner. Even going so far as to jump out of their car and I guess drag me and my partner out of our Jeep. But you should have seen the look in their eyes when I gave them a choice to take one more step towards my Jeep or risk me running them over like a bowling pin. Had to get the cops involved and now the cops are looking for them.
Very disturbing indeed. What is wrong with people?
Word of advise don't ever F with a strong street smart Texan from Houston.
Location: Central Bay Area, CA as of Jan 2010...but still a proud Texan from Houston!
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I now wish I had not posted the above post while still being upset over the incident. But I think anyone who visits this Island should be aware that this type of thing although may be rare it does happen. I would have never thought such a bizarre scene could have happened to us on our way back to the Resort from Port Allen. Last thing I had expected. I think those people were on drugs / drunk or both. They were certainly punks out looking for trouble. Lucky us...
Anyway it was a lovely cruise yesterday along the Napali Coast and today will be another adventure but this time relaxing on the beach and snorkeling. Tomorrow is our big Scuba Diving adventure! I look forward to this the most. It is in an area where dolphins and whales are seen frequently. It will be a fun crew as one of our dive instructors will be joining us. We really clicked with him and his girlfriend who is in training to become a dive instructor. We also have a very cool captain who takes us out to sea. It will be a very exciting dive!
But I think anyone who visits this Island should be aware that this type of thing although may be rare it does happen. I would have never thought such a bizarre scene could have happened to us on our way back to the Resort from Port Allen. Last thing I had expected. I think those people were on drugs / drunk or both. They were certainly punks out looking for trouble. Lucky us...
Yes, it is rare, but yes it does happen... everywhere! I had a remarkably similar incident happen to me in the Indiana Dunes more than 40 years ago.
IOW, that kind of random bizarre behavior is not really a Hawai'i thing, it's an everywhere, everywhen thing, and it's a mistake to pin it on your Hawai'i vacation.
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But you should have seen the look in their eyes when I gave them a choice to take one more step towards my Jeep or risk me running them over like a bowling pin. 
