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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Now, this is what I called a real "adventure". Standing on the Green Sand beach, two miles from Ka Lae (South Point) admiring its rare beauty, I can't believe we made it here. Twenty four hours ago, I didn't even know the existence of such thing (green sand beach). See, I am one of those people who just don't have time (and quite lazy) to have a planned itinerary. I devoured the entire book of "Big Island Revealed" during my 8 hour flight to the paradise. "Green Sand Beach is a real gem, literally". "It is a difficult hike to get [View Full Entry]

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Lava, by definition, molten rock expelled by volcano during eruption. Lava and volcano are definitely not the vocabulary I need to use in my daily life. Growing up in Taiwan, I am quite familiar with "dead" volcano. Now, living in a metropolitan area of Houston, lava and volcano seem so distant, impossible, unimaginable. Until, my trip to Big Island, where I accumulated many many of the "once in a life-time" experiences. Here are the summaries: First time seeing an active volcano: wow....... "it's alive! It's smoking". "It glows at night". First time seeing a lava field: this is when [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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Well.... One week left on the beautiful Valley Isle. Today was a great day. I took the dogs Mele and Mauka down to the beach tied them in the shade and went for my first solo surf. A super fun session with 3-5 ft. waves with an occasional 6 footer, rode some nice one and even got tossed pretty good, just a reminder to respect the power of the ocean. Came out of the water unscathed and took the dogs to a calmer spot and threw the tennis ball in the water, they're good retrievers for australian shepherds. Back at [View Full Entry]

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Anticipating my first trip to Kauai, Hi. in March of 2010... What weather should I expect to have and has anyone stayed at the Banyan Harbor resort, or know anything about it. Any info would be greatly appreciated...Have a good day...and happy traveling...Callie [View Full Entry]

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Hawaii Trip April 2009 Weds, Apr. 1 April fool’s day! I kind of got fooled this day. Set out to go south from Kailua (We’re actually staying in Kailua, not Kona. There is a Kona, but Kona is a designation of the area, as well as a town. The island was divided by the natives into mokus, or districts. Kona was one of those districts. The larger town into which everyone flies and in which most visitors reside is actually Kailua. Anyway, got a bit of a late start, heading south on the Hawaii Island beltway, HI hwy 11. Passed through [View Full Entry]

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Day 10-The saying goes, all good things come to an end, and that's where we found ourselves reflecting of the wonderful days we've spent as a family on the island of Oahu. Kids grow up fast, so one needs to take advantage of times like these we have together. We chose to stick around Pat's at Punaluu on Day 10 (a separate review of Pat's at Punaluu Condo's is on Travel Advisor) and be one with the sand and surf, that is, beach bums. We swam after elusive sea turtles that poked their wary heads above the surf not 10 feet [View Full Entry]

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Jenny and I slept in which was really nice and got all our stuff together before checking out. We stored our bags at the hostel and then took a bus over to the Ala Moana Center. Did some souvenir shopping and I found a sarong I wanted, a necklace, a surfboard keychain and a hawaiian dress (it’s blue and brown..love it!!!) Had a traditional Hawaiian plate lunch for lunch. BBQ chicken, 2 scoops of rice, and a scoop of macaroni salad. Was really good and very filling. Didn’t finish it actually. Then we caught the bus over to the Hilton Hawaiian [View Full Entry]

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It was "Ground hogs Day" as in the Bill Murray movie, a return to Waimea Bay. Again, Ted's Bakery (make those chocolate eclairs illegal!) and we finally got a parking spot within the parking lot, at 7:45am. The kids wanted to return to this beach as the rock jumping was just too tempting for brave souls. Peer pressure got to me and I had to jump as well. I had to plug my nose as I hate salt water going the wrong direction in my sinus cavities. The rock was busy today so I only did two jumps, but the kids [View Full Entry]

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