Friday couldn't come fast enough as it was our first ocean swim since last year, when we both participated in the 2015 IM World Championship. If you have never been to Kona, it's hard to describe what it's like to swim here but my best description is that it's like swimming in a fish tank. The water is crystal clear. You can see the bottom of the ocean floor. And there are no shortage of colors fishes. I encourage anyone who is afraid to swim in open water to come to Kona as the perfect way to get comfortable swimming in open water. It's SO fun to swim here! Staying at the Kona Plaza Condos (for the 3rd time) makes it so easy to get around. Since we don't have a car for this trip, we can easily walk everywhere. Just a few minutes later from leaving our condo, we made our way to the pier (aka "dig me beach"). Because of our very late night (and not getting to bed until around 11:30pm Kona time)...
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