Suddenly I crashed my motorbike in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

What to do?

Here’s the thing: an accident forces you in a new direction.

I didn’t have much to do, sitting there with my stitches, sprained arm, and what looked like a disfigured face so I googled Best Beach in the World.

Lanikai Beach, below, popped up. My heart surged.

And it said, go live there. Loud and clear.

This was my first walk to the beach from my new place on Oahu.

I was stunned.

I’d been on Oahu for only 2 weeks. I landed from Thailand and drove straight to the north shore of Oahu, where the Triple Crown Surfing competition was happening in full force. I’d never seen so many thong bikinis in my life.

And the air was so pure that I knew I was home.

I hadn’t been to Hawaii in 9 years. And I’d never been to Oahu, I had been to Maui for my 5 vacations.

My soul said, this is what you’ve been searching for! Fresh air and pristine water.

Slamdunk.

It felt like heaven. I hadn’t seen the ocean since Cambodia, 11 months before.

If you go to Oahu you must visit Lanikai Beach, 12 miles west of Honolulu. You’ll be mesmerized by the divine turquoise water and the sugar white beach.

This makes you calm and puts a smile on your face for the entire day.

Just thinking about it makes me sigh in gratitude.

Feeling blessed and happy I followed my inner nudges to the heavenly water. You can do it too. The number 72 bus leaves from Honolulu and brings you right to Lanikai Beach, you don’t even have to drive.

Often times the more you re-visit a platinum place in your stellar journal of world wanderings the more you fall in love with it.