After breakfast we drove into Kona for toiletries and happened upon some reasonably priced wine at the KTA supermarket. Unfortunately, I had handed my ID to Eric the day before for safekeeping and he had left his wallet back at the hotel. After overcoming a slight anxiety about driving a rental car around Hawaii with no license on me we drove back to the Hilton. The rest of the afternoon was spent chilling out snorkeling in the lagoon, but we vowed to return for the wine that evening. The snorkeling was simply amazing!


Sidenote: Before we left Chicago, we ventured into an Arlington Heights dive shop Eric found online. The woman in the shop was very helpful and we decided to get dry snorkels and masks. Dry snorkels are essentially just that; the snorkel automatically closes when you dive, so when you resurface you don't have to clear the tube. After a little while I became more confident about my breathing and was diving like a pro!
We snorkeled around a bunch of rocks near the waterfall and saw many tropical fish - puffers, yellow tangs, and schools of other fish. After drying out we munched on our afternoon cookie fix and traveled back into Kona for dinner. KTA was the first stop, where we purchased a bottle of white wine and 2 bottles of champagne. Then we began our search for the Sibu Café.
The advertisement mentioned that the café was hard to spot, so after driving around the block twice we found a free parking lot and decided to walk around until we found it. At first, the place looked a little run down, but we wound up having a very tasty (and affordable!) meal. I chose the pan seared Ahi tuna rubbed with spicy peppers over rice and vegetables and Eric had peanut chicken with rice and veggies. So much food!
After dinner we went shopping along the sea wall. We got a Hawaiian shirt for Eric and a birthday present for Todd. Our last stop of the night was a trip to the Kona Brewing Company, which was completely crowded - a good sign. We tried some of their cheesy fries and a flight of four of their signature beers. Eric liked the Longboard Lager the best while I enjoyed the Pahoehoe Porter.