Blogs from Waikiki, Oahu, Hawaii, United States, North America - page 10

Day 14 Relaxed day today. Circle Island bus trip took all day. Nice Japanese seafood buffet finished off the night nicely. Island was partly interesting as we got across to the windward side (read rainy) where they have more rain and as a result, it is much greener. Fully fledged rainforest jungle over there and it was quite nice. Would have been good to do some hiking but that was not our situation. We are really getting into the swing of things now – and we leave tomorrow morning …….. Oh well. Highlight of the day was Chris helping a lady with directions to find the bus. Nice touch. She even got it right. For the surfers among us, we swung by Sunset Beach, Bonzai Pipeline and Waiamea Bay. Couldn’t stop there as traffic was jammed ... read more

Touristy day today. Caught the local bus into Honolulu and did the walk around of the historic buildings. Not a bad day out! Old church made out of rocks carved from coral stone was excellent. Included a wedding to boot. Monday must be a good day fro weddings as there was one in the protestant cathedral as well! The Catholics for their part just had their 12 o’clock mass. We stayed a bit but didn’t take photos as that might not have been cool! In all the civic centre of Honolulu is well preserved – with due respect to the various Kings and Queens that are still well thought of. We then ventured on to the Chinatown and wandered thru the markets and the restaurant district (trying to identify another place to eat tonight or later) ... read more

Seven nights on Waikiki beach was the ideal way to wind down our five week holiday. There is always plenty going on at Waikiki and we loved every minute of our time here. Our first day we decided to go check out a Luau. We went to Germaine's Luau, which is on the west coast of Oahu at an idyllic beach location. The weather, as it was every day we were in Oahu, was just perfect! It is about an hour drive out to the Luau, and our tour guide Matt was incredibly funny trying to get everyone in the mood to party. However, he wasn't having much luck because our bus seemed to be full of grumpy old Americans who for some reason were all a bit miserable. One guy even put his fingers in ... read more

Day 2 of the Freedom Tour as we are now calling it. This is a vacation where you can forget all of the problems you have at home for a short while, in essence have freedom from them. Hawaii is a place you can let yourself go, enjoy the sun, sand, mountains, fresh air and relax. Today we were up early, still working on Ontario time, which by the way is six hours difference from Hawaii. We rented a car and headed up island. Our first stop was Diamond Head, but the parking lot was full, we did manage to get some photos but decided to head out and see what we could find. We stopped at a light house to take some photos and watch the surfers. It is amazing to me that someone could ... read more

Well groupies the MLC continues exploring the planet ...this time the Pacific Island of Hawaii...for no particular reason apart from getting a return flight for $650.00...thanks to the Desperate Housewife via pottsy!!! Believe it or not I have been training now for 4 months, I've studied every episode of Hawaii 5-0 (in between episodes of Desperate Housewives and Chick Flicks), networked and scanned the the WWW just to be ready.... My Scuba (Luv it) PADI course, Pearl Harbour, Diamond Head, Legends Sports Bar for the SOO have been booked.....the rest of the activities is value added! Tell me what you think, I finally got around to packing, I've included 5 Tees a pair Boardies, Budgie Smugglers and a pair of flip flops (thongs) and the Gold Aussie Passport With a $10 Billion US Travel Insurance policy........I ... read more