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Published: June 22nd 2011
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Thank you Hawaii -Till we meet again!..What a fantastic quickie, 12 days of sun, surf, Sports Bars, History, Scuba Diving, Sports Bars, beach walks, Hula dancers, meeting people from around the world (Even Derek my roomie from Boston) and did I mention sports bars.......actually you can almost do everything in a sports bar...I particularly love the 5 hour long, happy hour.......I know wtf....
Before I start.......Japanese Wedding Count... 2 with one day to go!!!
On my market research trip (Lunch at Ala Moana - I had Chinese) for my 'The Fat Greek' franchise, I reckon I'd start with one in Marrickville (right next door to Victoria Yeeros..lol), one in Newtown, San Souci and one in Lonsdale St Melbourne!!!!
Pearl Harbour was great, we (with Derek from Boston) did the Arizona Memorial (Deep), The Sub Blowfin, Battleship Missouri (I've been on it before when it was in Sydney) and the Pacific Air Museum.....You can say we were well and truely stuffed...so stuffed I can't remember what we did when we got home but rest assured it would of included a sports bar in there somewhere!....Boys will be boys!
I visited the North Shore this morning, thats where they
hold the Benzai Pipeline surf Masters....lovely peaceful, bohemian part of the planet and away from the tourist mecca of Waikiki. Its true, you gotta get out of Waikiki to appreciate Hawaii.
As you all would know whilst I was here I did my PADI certification Scuba Diving open water course.....after 6 dives, studying my arse off for 5 assignments 40 question quiz and then an exam with a pass mark of 75%....whew I passsed and all thanks to Derek from Boston who by this stage had left for Bangkok and gave me some time to study (read cram)...LOL...I'll see you down under one day mate...keep safe in Thialand and Sri Lanka! Sadly the reefs are in as bad shape as our Great Barrier Reef, a lot of the colour gone......
I decided to walk to the Aloha Tower (Hawaii 5-0 fame) and Hilo Hattie outlet about 10kms in flip flops (thongs)....Bad idea....I have the mother of all blisters to prove it! But I did catch the quaint little open air trolley bus back to Ala Moana then walked along the beach back to Waikiki. Actually these little Trolley buses are everywhere, more often than not with Japenese tourists......Actually
I think on the whole Island there was Derek, me and a couple million Japanese........Lucky where Im staying the roomies are from all over the world, which makes for interesting conversation and sharing the Lurrrrv!
There are also a shitload and I mean a shitload of little tourist stalls selling all kinds of tourist junk what else!, and I must say the number of them would put the Monastaraki in Athens to shame, but guess where I'm going to get my 7 for $20 Hawaii 5-0 T-Shirts..LOL
Over to food, had a fantastic Pizza one night, almost as good as the Calabrese Pizza from Club Marconi and the Burgers where different in some way but pretty good nevertheless......Now for the down side, Coffee, its true yanks cant make a decent cuppa (Is that with cream and sugar)...wtf, ever heard of real milk you know like rom a Cow. That must explain all the Starbucks, so stick to fruit smoothies and sports bars!!! Also these yanks have a tendecy to put sweet and savory food on the one plate especially at breakfast....whats that all about? The local Fruit ...all I can say its to die for, the pineapple, bananas
and strawberries must definately be imported from another planet they are so......you pick the adjective you wont be too far wrong!
The US has to come into the 20th Century and I'm not referring to Weapons, I mean their currency, plz will someone do something about 1 cent pieces and paper notes.....But I suppose you need to pay the sales tax (not not included in the ticketed price) in the million ABC shops on every corner. We have Maccas they have ABC shops....very handy actually untill you want panadol at 5.30am....Also whats the go with ATM machine on the middle of the footpaths.....the ram raiding homies from Auburn would be lick their lips at the prospect.....actualy I think I saw a few HRO driving Convertible Mustangs around Waikiki.....and dont they stand out like fake Hawaiian shirts!...and lastly lets hope the Homies dont start rebirthing Monster Trucks......Deadset everyone drives one over here......havent they heard of Global Warming......Lucky they dont have Ma'am Gillards carbon tax yet!
Another little quaint thing they have here is a 20sec official jay walking time. Its cool you can run the RED hand whilst your reading the counting down.....lol
Lastly it was sad to
see, shanty towns (yes in America) of homeless people along the main arterial roads just near the CBD and china town. Along with no universal medical coverage, surely a country as wealthy as the US has the moral fortitude to do something...absolute disgrace by man kind!...OK thats enough of social geography.
What can I say I'll be back soon....a soon as I can get $650 offer again. Its a fantastic place definately will make the trip more reguarly just to party on or for a stopover , now theres a thought and perhaps next time with some home grown groupies. I think it surpasses going to the Goldie!
I hope the Volcanic Ash has cleared......NOT, I wouldnt want to be stranded in Hawaii, I have a school reunion dinner on Friday..oh dear. At least I have the the sun tan thing happening, just gotta get the hair done, and a quick lippo session!!! So there you have it....I'll join the rat race again soon and start planning my next adventure.
Theme song for the trip Earth Wind & Fire - Fantasy.....(Lyrics are so true)
Every man has a place, in his heart theres a space, And the
world cant erase his fantasies, Take a ride in the sky, on our ship fantasii, All your dreams will come true, right away, And we will live together, until the twelfth of never, Our voices will ring forever, as one .......................A glowing light will see you through, Its your day, shining day, all your dreams come true, As you glide, in your stride with the wind, as you fly away, Give a smile, from your lips, and say I am free, yes Im free, now Im on my way!
SK
Tourist
Done & dusted..Im coming home to face reality again!
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