Blogs from Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, United States, North America - page 26

Pearl Harbour Saturday 4th October 2008 Pearl Harbour was worth the hour and a quarter bus ride. It was quite moving. We did feel a bit regimented by the US Navy personnel who take visitors out to the Arizona monument. One cannot take anything on the tour and drinking, even water, is FORBIDDEN, in respect to the thousand plus crew whose bodies were never recovered from the wreckage!!!??? However, the memorial is a sobering and fitting tribute to those poor souls and the documentary film pays due tribute to the genius (as well as the horror) of the Japanese attack, probably the most successful air attack in WW2. One thing bothered me greatly, however and that is that oil is still seen escaping from one of the hatchways of the wreck (which lies in very shallow ... read more

Cheers! Just finished week 3 of work, and all is still going good, just finally getting into the swing of things.. Here are the pics from the last few weekends, and a few cameo appearances by Kyle, the Aussie. Hope you have a great week :) ... read more

I'm baaaack! So, as promised, I'll keep you guys posted to whats going on out here in Hawaii. Lets see... I survived my first week of work.. (the most hours I've worked in a week in over 3 months :) ...) So far, so good. The company is really great and everyone is really friendly. I found a place to live. The pictures below are of my initial residence upon arrival. It was right in Waikiki (near where we were this summer)... but too much $$$ so I've since moved (today) to a new and better location, just outside of Waikiki- (less tourists!!) So I'll post pictures of that later. Nothing much else to report- Enjoy the pics! Miss you all. Allison... read more

Granted I'm only 24 (it's not too late to send birthday presents, in case you forgot), yet I see more and more of my peers resorting to the unthinkable: internet dating. Not that there's anything wrong with match.com, if you're ugly and have no social skills (no offense Adam), but we're so young! Isn't finding that one perfect match the reward of years of torment making the wrong choice? However, I digress. The point is, my friends who have gone on dates with people they meet online always report back that the profile picture of their computer Casanova is grossly deceptive. And I do mean gross. One friend in particular mentioned her disappointment that her own honesty in profiling herself was not reciprocated. She felt that the portrait of her 35 year-old match should have been ... read more

San Francisco is a very nice town, similar, in a lot of ways, to Perth. Our hotel was just by the gate entrance to Chinatown. The weather was cool and the wind cutting to the extreme. Fran had kicked her toes on the foot that she’d had a broken toe on and she was hobbling somewhat, but soldiering on bravely. In addition to this handicap, she felt like she was coming down with the flu. The inevitable red bus tour took us around the sights of San Francisco, down by the Fisherman’s Wharf, past Alcatraz and then towards “THE BRIDGE”. The Golden Gate Bridge is massive and high. The tour guide said that conditions were fairly good on the bridge that day. Hmmm, we thought, with that cold wind. Well the wind started to strengthen as ... read more