We had a 6 day stop over in Hawaii before heading to New Zealand, and here's what we got up to. A mandatory few days had to be spent in Waikiki, which is nice, but is a very built up resort. The beaches were ok, but busy and swimming wasn't really a good idea because of the razor sharp rocks 10 feet in! After breakfast on the beach, we saw the St Patricks day parades through the centre of town. This was very surreal, as all the people were blatantly Polynesian and they were making a way bigger deal of it than we do at home! it was a great celebration none the less. Rather than spending the afternoon drinking Guinness on the beach we decided it would be better time spent walking up the
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