Blogs from Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, United States, North America - page 16

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Unfortunately I have just found out that we will no longer be going to Mexico as Alex’s family are too worried about the dangers and have made it clear that it’s a no-go as far as they’re concerned. That means no more Cancun spring break, no more tequila, no more enchiladas and no more sombreros to look forward to. Very sad times. However, instead we shall be going to Hawaii for luaus on the beach and I’m hoping to get to carry out the trip planned in Mexico soon, before I’m too old to fit in with the spring break crowd! ... read more

It was a dark and stormy night…well actually it was a cool and rainy morning when we sailed under the Golden Gate Bridge. As we made our approach to land we could see the towers of the bridge glowing in the distance. We hit the ground running since we wanted to spend some time on our boat and had a number of errands to do at home in Sausalito. We picked up our rental car and drove over the bridge we had just passed under. Even in the rain, our boat, Mana, looked beautiful bobbing in her slip. Our tenant, Aine, was out of town for the day but told us we could visit our home. We saw some of our neighbors, took luggage to storage, met up with Adele at our favorite Chinese restaurant and ... read more

Unser dritter Tag auf Oahu führte uns ausnahmsweise nicht zum Strand, sondern von Waikiki in Richtung Honolulu City. Wir wollten uns die Stadt mal ein wenig näher anschauen – bei unserer abendlichen Ankunft haben wir nicht wirklich viel gesehen. Vom Hotel ging es zu Fuß zum Ala Moana Shopping Center. Nachdem wir ein wenig bei Luis Vuitton, Chanel, Prada, Armani, usw. (zumindest gedanklich) eingekauft hatten, ging es zu Fuß weiter in die Stadt. Zu Fuß muss erwähnt werden, da wir die Entfernung doch ein wenig unterschätzt hatten… :-) Nach einer gefühlten Ewigkeit kamen wir am Aloha Tower an, danach machten wir noch einen kleinen Abstecher nach Chinatown bevor es durch das Stadtzentrum wieder (mit dem Bus) zurück nach Waikiki ging. Nach der anstrengenden Stadterkundung des Vortages hätten wir uns eigentlich einen Tag an Strand verdient gehabt. ... read more

You'll find a lot of photos in this entire travel blog as my ultimate hobby is photography and I'm a definite believer in "a picture is worth a thousand words". Normally at Christmas I'd go to a Travel Agency and tell them what I want to do, but this year I booked everything online myself and started researching my trip in August, for a December departure. It all started with the idea of maybe I'd take a cruise out of the States around the Caribbean, which I'd never seen before. I also thought that booking everything early would also give me cheap fares. As I have a friend in Las Vegas, I thought whilst I'm there I may as well pop up to see her also, but trying to book one way flights from Sydney/Miami/Las Vegas/Sydney ... read more