Aloha from Hawaii and Mele Kalikimaka! Today is Christmas and here on Christmas Island it is warm, sunny and beautiful. Here are a few photos for now...more to come. Aloha! Boxing Day...had an early morning swim and back for breaky (forgot my sunscreen too...oops). I think I will go to the beach by Duke for the rest of the morning and will periodically wave aloha. Hope to see you! Later that day...Spent hours at the beach and am covered in salt water and sand (and still St. John). Ahhhh so good. I think I'll do this and only this for the [View Full Entry]

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Ich lieg am Strand, mit einem eiskalten Getränk in meiner Hand… …Die Sonnenbrille nicht zu vergessen. Das war auch unsere erste Aktion des Tages. Ganz Malle-like sind wir gegen 0930 an den Strand gegangen, um Baden zu gehen und meine Unterwassertasche für die Kamera zu testen. Um halb 11 hatten wir dann auch schon keine Lust mehr und sind in die Innenstadt von Honolulu gegangen. Jeder Amerikaner hätte uns wohl für verrückt erklärt, dass wir die sechs Kilometer zu Fuß gelaufen sind, weil es unterwegs nur zwei McDonalds-Filialen gab. Nebenbei haben wir uns [View Full Entry]

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Wir sind in Honolulu, genauer gesagt in Waikiki angekommen. Nun gibt es aber erst einmal ein paar Bilder als Nachtrag von den letzten beiden Tagen. Montag, 14. Sep. 2009, 07:07 Uhr MEZ, 19:07 Uhr in Hawaii "Sie können gerne unsere Bar besuchen, aber wir haben leider eine Kleiderordnung" Nachdem wir gestern Abend noch aus dem Casino geflogen sind (Wir waren noch nicht einmal richtig drin ;) ), ereilte uns heute fast das selbe Schicksal in der Lounge am Flughafen. Doch ich vergaß fast unsere Ankunft am Flughafen zu schildern. Gemütlich schlenderten wir zum Haupttore [View Full Entry]

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This first entry is a test... I want to see if i can post both text and photos, play with the maps etc. BEFORE we leave and I have to use some strange computer in London. Last year, we completed one more state on my quest to visit all 50. We went to Hawaii. Jerry had been there before but this was my first trip. The view of the rainbow is from our hotel window which was right across from Waikiki Beach. While we were there, we rode a jet ski, danced the hula, went to a luau, went parasailing, ove [View Full Entry]

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We were up early to go to Hanauma bay to go snorkeling. We got free snorkel gear from the hostel and then caught the bus up to the bay. We had to wait in a bit of a line and then watch a safety video so you dont wreck any of the reef or disturb any of the marine life. We found a shady spot to sit and threw on some sunscreen and then walked down to the beach. It took us a while to get all our gear on and get it on right haha. The waves were really strong. [View Full Entry]

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Finally dragged my butt out of bed around 8:30 am after that crazy night. I got dressed and then caught a bus over to diamond head. It’s a bit of a walk from the bus stop to the start of the actual hike. I paid my $1 entry fee into the park and then ate my breakfast. It was SO HOT on the hike. I was just drenched in sweat. It’s not a very hard hike, takes about 1.5 hours round trip. There are switchbacks all the way up the crater. You have to climb a ton of stairs and then [View Full Entry]

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A new girl in our room from Vancouver decided to come with me to the Polynesian Culture Center today. Our bus came and picked us up at 10:30 am. We had the weirdest driver ever. She told us her whole life story and didnt stop talking the entire way up to the center (about an hour and a half). As soon as you walk into the centre they put a lei on you and then you get your picture taken with 2 polynesians. Of course getting the picture costs about $18!!! It was super hot out by the time we got [View Full Entry]

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I made it to Hawaii!!!! I did not sleep at all last night, I tried...but I WAS TOO EXCIED TO SLEEP. I managed to get my room as clean as I could, packed up as much as I could and saw my brother and Lisa one last time. We had dinner at their place and it was delicious!!!! So off to the airport at 4:30am I went. Said bye to mom and dad before going into US customs. I wasnt as emotional this time as I was leaving for Ireland haha. The line up for customs was pretty ridiculous but it [View Full Entry]

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We spent about two weeks in Hawaii and had a great time chilling out by the pool, hanging out by the beach and basically doing nothing. We met a great couple from Kansas and spent some time with them driving round the island in a very cool convertible red mustang! Most of the time though we slept a lot!! [View Full Entry]

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Day 100 We got up and went straight to Auckland Airport to catch a flight back to Nadi, Fiji. We were then had to wait in Nadi airport for our connecting flight for 6 hours! For those who have ever been there it is a very small space with limited facilities to spend 6 hours. But after some reading, chatting and people watching our flight was finally called. We boarded the plane at 10pm on the 19th July. We were quite lucky as the flight was not full so we got 3 seats between us both so were able to stretch [View Full Entry]

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