Blogs from Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, United States, North America

We have recently returned from an amazing trip to Oahu and Big Island We booked our flights with British Airways from Manchester via Heathrow and Seattle. The aircraft was very comfortable in economy with ample leg room for the long journey and the staff were very attentive and pleasant, however on arrival at Seattle our cases hadn't travelled with us! Our connecting Airline, Alaskan Airways were brilliant. We completed the appropriate paperwork and completed our journey to Oahu. Our final destination was The Luana suites and Apartments. A very Comfortable room with a kitchenette as we knew Hawaii was expensive!... read more

We are obviously home now. The jet lag from Hawaii is real and it’s a bit tough. I am going to try to retrace a few steps but basically… we woke-up Friday, I felt drugged after staying out so late last night at the luau and then staying-up late afterwards with Kamie. I went swimming, finally came back to the room and we packed everything. We had to check-out officially but they have a luggage hold room so we checked our luggage and then walked the resort. We had lunch at this place in the village that offers sliders and fries and potato salad. Kamie left the table to go to the restroom. His sliders and potato salad were sitting there, unaccompanied, and A PIGEON LANDED IN HIS POTATO SALAD AND STARTED EATING ONE OF HIS ... read more

I don’t know why I’m writing this blog anymore. Nothing is interesting or exciting. We had tickets to hike Diamond Head this morning at 6am. Kamie said he wanted to return to Pearl Harbor and do a guided tour on the USS Missouri. The idea was to hike Diamond Head then Uber over to the Missouri and back. He wasn’t up in time for Diamond Head so we lost our ticket time (reservations only there) and we left late for the Missouri. Don’t get me started. The USS Missouri was the last battleship ever used by the USA and the site of the surrender signing by Japan in World War II. It was an okay tour but then it got hot standing out in the sun listening to the guide. We found out on the way ... read more

Woke Up In Paradise this morning – How about you? Okay. Just kidding. Today was a loud wake-up from Kamie’s mom at 5am with a text saying his 101-year-old granny had passed away in her sleep overnight. We took showers and left for our 8am reservations at Pearl Harbor. Our Uber said 12-minutes from Hilton Hawaiian Village to Pearl Harbor Memorial Center. We grabbed an Uber in a stinky vehicle with a guy bumping his stereo speakers for an hour through congested rush hour traffic. Why are these people not working from home? Hawaii needs to get the memo that WFH is here to stay. By the way, Hawaii has a major littering and soil erosion problem. Typical island sites but you would think because it’s an American property, the Hawaii DOT would clean-up the sides ... read more

Bonjour à tous, Etant donné qu'un nuage m'avait gâché mon couché de soleil la veille, j'ai retenté ma chance hier au soir. Le temps paraissait beau, j'avais trouvé un autre chemin d'accès sur une autre plage à côté, mais un immeuble me barrait la vue. J'ai du retourné sur la digue de la veille, et faire au moins 3km de plus. Et pendant ce trajet ,j'ai juste pris une bonne averse. Ce qui fait que 2 soirs de suite je suis rentré bien trempé à l'hôtel. Et pour ce qui est du couché de soleil, vous l'aurez compris, c'est pas un nuage qui m'a gêné mais une couche. Compte tenu du temps, je suis retourné mangé en bas de l'hôtel, un filet de saumon, baignant dans le beurre avec choux de Bruxelles, un régal, et pour ... read more