Blogs from Waikiki, Oahu, Hawaii, United States, North America - page 24

Aloha! To be truthful, I think the travelling is catching up with me a bit - I am so tired! But today was to fabulous not to share. We got up this morning and my Dad fixed a great breakfast of french toast - yummy! It was fun having breakfast with everyone and catching up since I hadn't seen my family since before I left for China. After breakfast, we went to punchbowl cemetary and also Peal Harbor. Punchbowl was so awesome. My Grandpa told us about where he had been in the Pacific during the war, and other people that were there to view the memorial were even listening intently to what he had to say. It seemed to be very emotional for him, but I was amazed at how clear his memory was of ... read more

Well another day is gone. Mark, Barb and Karen just left to go get Karen something to eat as she didnt get food on the plane. We had another great day. Had a nice breakfast here. This afternoon we took the bus and went back downtown to the Ilolani Palace. It was open and worth the extra trip. It was not only beautiful but so interesting too. Tomarrow we will go to Punchbowl and Pearl Harbor. I think it will be something Bob will really enjoy, sharing his experiences of WW2 with Mark and Karen. Of course, Barb and I will enjoy it too. I am really tired tonight so so long for now. Will try to write more tomarrow. Oh, we had such a nice rain this morning and it was cloudy most of the ... read more

Here we are starting our second day in beautiful Hawaii. Have been sitting on the patio having coffee. It is so nice. Yesterday we started off driving downtown to the palace. Finally found a place to park, walked a ways only to find the palace was closed on Mondays! We did go into the courthouse and it is very pretty and interesting. Left there and went to the Dole Pineapple Plantation. Had lunch and looked around then drove around the North Shore. It is so pretty. Stopped at Waimea beach and took pictures. Stopped at a little roadside stand and got some delicious papaya for Mark and me! Barb fried some great chicken and we had a great dinner looking out on Wikiki! By the way, as we were driving along the North Shore we were ... read more

Hi all, Well we finally arrived after what seemed like a never ending flight, the highlight of what they called in flight entertainment was a happy go lucky film called PS I love you, which I have to say made me want to open the hatch door.........lol Got off the plane to be hit with 76 degress at 11pm so was very nice especially as i didn't pack anything with sleeves. Driving was entertaining, it took about 15 min.s to work out how to use the satnav...lol we had been up nearly 30 hours so i think we can be forgiven that. Sunday we just rested, checked out the local area and sunbathed for about 2-3 hours on Wakiki Beach, about 86 degrees today. Water is very warm :O) Hotel is nice and we have views ... read more

Med litt soergmodig hjerte satte vi oss paa flyet i Guatemala city 1.mai. Dette betydde slutten paa mellom-amerika, og nok en "epoke" av turen vaar var over. Vi landa i LA litt over midnatt og hadde en soevloes flyplassnatt foer vi satt oss paa flyet til Hawaii litt over 9 paa morgenen den 2.mai.. 5 timer senere var vi paa plass, fikk booket oss inn paa Seaside hostel, og begynte utforskningen. Ganske fort skjoente vi at dette kom ikke til aa bli billig, ganske andre priser her ja. Naar vi i tillegg maatte bruke over en time paa aa finne en internettkafe var vi ikke saa fornoyede.. Heldigvis ble ikke resten av oppholdet her som den daarlige starten. Vi fant fort ut at det bodde masse bra mennesker paa hostellet. Det var kort vei til den ... read more