Blogs from Hawaii, United States, North America - page 165

Spent most of the day travelling around Hawaii. I flew out of the Kona International Airport (an open air waiting area around the gates). I went to Oahu and then flew onover to Kaua'i. I picked up my convertible mustang and finally found The Cliffs where I am staying. I missed the resort at first and had to go over some of the famous one lane bridges here in Kuau'i. I am looking forward to exploring more over the next few days.... read more

It is my last night in Hawaii - and I am ready to go home. I am tired of living out of a suitcase and tired of strange beds. The last two weeks have been unbelievable. Really. The day after we did Punch Bowl and Pearl Harbor, we went to the USS Missouri and the Pacific Aviation Museum. It was incredible. Though it was a long day for Grandpa I think he really enjoyed it. He told us several things on the ship and then when we went to the aviation museum he was really talkative. A docent there came over and was chatting with him for awhile, and then we moved on to a floor map of the Pacific where Grandpa was toeing out all of the islands he had been on or bombed. It ... read more

Aloha!! Well what a day we've had today!! We were up at 5.15am and off around the corner to Denny's for breakfast, and I might add like London this place never sleeps. 7.00am was pick time for an hours drive to the west coast to Waianae for our swimming with dolphins trip. After a 20 min. ride out on a sea that was as flat as a mill pond, in what can only be described as a huge dingy......lol, we arrived at our destination. You could see the Hawaiian Spinner dolphin straight away, and boy were there a lot of them, about 8 pods. With our flippers and snorkel gear on we were soon in the water, which was unexpectedly warm given the hour of the day. We had two underwater camera's so took loads of ... read more

Aloha Again, We had a much deserved day off on Thursday....lol :O) and what a better way to relax than go to the beach!! So we headed back to Waimanalo Beach, on the way we stopped off at another beach and did a bit of beachcombing where we searched for shels and coral, I found coral in the end she was was behind me....lol After reaching Waimanalo we sunbathed and played in the sea for about 5hrs. Oh My God did we burn!! We had company while in the sea in the shape of a greenback turtle which came to within about 15ft of us. Later on we went out for dinner and then onto the waikiki beach for our special webcam show :O) Today we went on an early morning hike to Manoa waterfall which ... read more

El diez de Mayo, no special holiday, as far as I know. Just the day the Local Filipino Community in Hawaii happened to pick for their Annual Fiesta in the Park. The Parade started at ungodly hour of 8AM. Sorry don’t have any photos for you on this event. When I finally arrived at the Park, a Escrima or Kali demo was going on with guys in Kendo Armor battling each other with a pair of sticks each. Latter came performances, that seemed Catholic in nature, resembling scenes from Mexican movies of villagers honoring Jesus or Mary. Next were performances that seem Moro or Muslim in nature, combined with Spanish colonial type ballroom dance. As most Culture events seem to have their audience participation portion, where for comedy relief or other reasons, such the Koreans with ... read more