Week past had the good fortune to come to know two chaps from Minnesota on holiday in Hilo, Hawaii. The meeting happened as they and I were booked in at the same hostel. Mind, Clark and Garrett are backpacking way round the Big Island of Hawaii and this old geezer has taken to placing his hat on the peg for a spell. What looked like me bolthole for a spell has become me home. Much more on that later.
First night the two chaps got to the hostel, Clark asked if it was OK to close the windows in room as he had seen a mosquito and was loathe to have his blood taken in the night as he slept. Informed that it would make the room rather closed feeling, he said he would try to live through the night with the window open.
In the morn, I came across Clark as he got self put right after the night's sleep. "Nice to see that the famous Big Island Mosquitoes did not carry you off in the night", was my greeting. Clark is quick and he caught the humour and laughed. I mentioned that there was fresh coffee available and was informed that he, Clark, is something of a coffee snob. That got me to know more.
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Clark had purchased a pound of Kona Coffee. Not just any Kona Coffee but 100% pure Kona Coffee, at $35.00 a pound. Bloody hell, talk about dear coffee, for that price it should come with healing powers or at very least hair growth powers...
Clark travels with his own coffee press. Fancy that. Boils water until 180 degrees and then makes his brew. Being the perfect coffee snob, his beverage is taken sans cream. I was allowed a small portion of the $35.00 a pound coffee and must tell true that it was RICH.
Clark and Garrett are on holiday, a backpacking adventure with a few stops in a place that has a roof and hot running water. For the most part the are quite content to 'rough' it in tents. Mind, one wonders how 'rough' the experience when one has $35.00 a pound coffee in the morn.
The two chaps met and became friends while working in a corn flakes factory. Garrett is a bean counter and Clark was into promotion. I think I got that right. Garrett is the sort of fellow who would make sure that no corn flake was sold before its time, and the box would not be too packed. Clark, on the other hand, is quite clever to make sure that that box of corn flakes reached the right hands. Garrett is still with the corn flakes folks but Clark has moved on to other things to showcase his salesmanship abilities. Both are as clever as a crisp corn flake...
When Clark and Garret left the hostel, the coffee press was left behind. Sent email to Clark, wondering how on earth he would be able to manage without his press. Not missing a beat, Clark mentioned something about being able to use banana leaves. Fancy that. Talk about flavoured coffee.
Most interesting chaps and one hopes that contact will be kept up. Will be interesting to see where they next travel off to. One gathers that they tend to share holidays and OZ might be the next big trip.
Who have you met of interest of late?
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