Those of you who know me, know I'm quite addicted to Twitter, Facebook, texting, etc. And I'm not the only one!! So one day, one of my Twitter friends, Amber (@Tiabla) suggested we get away to Molokai for an unplugged weekend: No electronic equipment except for our cameras.

Good timing: Aqua Hotels & Resorts, where Amber works, has a sales & marketing agreement with the Hotel Molokai, which has undergone massive renovations. After a very hectic week, we packed our bags and made our way to the Friendly Isle.

My beautifully appointed single room.

My ocean view, complete with the sound of waves lapping.

Our welcome bag. Note the flat screen TV in the back!

Big mahalo to Hotel Molokai's General Manager Michael Drew, who was our host for the weekend. He was a wealth of information and took some free time to show us around one day. Michael came to Molokai about three years ago and went to work renovating the hotel inside and out. All of the rooms, in fact, were completely gutted.

Shuchi Rana (@autkast) of San Francisco, right, was one of the many tech geeks visiting us last week for [re]think Hawaii and TEDx Honolulu; however, she was the only one that made it over to Molokai for a day. It was her first trip to Hawaii and one that she won't soon forget.

Hotel Molokai is tagged as "the last authentic Hawaii experience," and Shuchi couldn't stop raving about how she was so lucky to experience at least one day of "the real Hawaii" while on Molokai. I guess when you live here, you take a lot for granted. Somehow, it was different looking at Molokai through Shuchi's eyes.

Now for the unplugging. I think it was hardest on the first day, getting used to operating without any connection to the outside world or touching our electronics.

Ed Morita (@Nctrnlbst), as you can see, adjusted quite quickly. Then again...look at his reading material! Blog Blazers?

Kaeo, Jill, Ray, and Ed spent a lot of time at the pool.

In the absence of Twitter, we ended up writing our "tweets" on pieces of paper and documenting them in photos. Ray (@zenxacred) will compile those photos and I'll post a link for you in a future blog so you can see how hilarious they were.

You know what? After the first day, I didn't even have the urge to write my tweets on those pieces of paper. Maybe I'm not the addict that we all thought I was. I survived, for the most part...but I should warn you that if you do this, it's harder to "unplug" on a weekday than on a weekend. I arrived on Molokai on Friday, which meant that several clients were still calling or emailing me during the day. I didn't have this problem on Saturday.

OK so that was how we coped with our addiction. Next up: I'm going to show you a little of what we got to do there!