Blogs from Oahu, Hawaii, United States, North America - page 4

Aloha everyone again. Really not much to report today and I’m serious about that!! We decided to try to find the Bay on the North Shore that we had visited on a guided photo tour in 2014 where turtles were swimming close to the shore and where you could take photos really easily of them. We missed the correct spot on our circle island drive the other day and Joy really wanted to try to find the right spot. But first we had to finish up a bit of ‘present’ shopping and apparently Walmart was the place to do that this time. So we googled Walmarts and found one near the Ala Moana mall so loaded the address into Tom and headed off. My favourite activity, of course, driving around the centre of Honolulu looking for ... read more

Aloha for the next edition from us. Firstly we have seen photos and heard reports of the diabolical weather many of you are getting in NZ at the moment from Tropical Cyclone Hale. Trust that it isn’t going to be too ongoing but take care out there. Have to report that we are not having anything but bright blue sunny days over here….not too hot but just right for us……so we picked the right time to be on holiday and away from home again. Today was a sightseeing day…all day. Decided to do the ‘circle Island’ drive and take in the wonderful variations of countryside and scenery that Oahu has to offer. Will include a few photos to show you some of them. Started by heading out towards the East and Haunama Bay area where we ... read more

Aloha again for Blog No. 5 and our (sort of) second day on Oahu. After yesterday’s incredible frustrations, today was a much better and more enjoyable day for a few reasons. The day dawned warm and sunny (sorry to all those being ravished by Cyclone Hale – we actually saw some photos on Joy’s Facebook taken of the camp where we have our bach at Porangahau Beach and it was extensively under water…..not our buildings, I hope, but the grounds…for those who know where we are, the causeway going out to our place within the grounds was about 30 cms under water.). We started the day on the computer at 7am on the dot booking tickets to go snorkeling at Hanauma Bay, a very famous snorkeling and diving area on the east of the Island, so ... read more

Friday we all drove to Raleigh and stayed in a hotel so that we could catch an early flight. Tom drove Claire as he needed that car since his car had issues. He then had to drive home. We took an early morning shuttle to the airport for our long flight to Hawaii. (1 hour to Atlanta and 9 hours to Honolulu). We had changed 6 time zones and almost 60 degrees in temperature when we arrived. We got our car and headed out into TRAFFIC. It looked like rush hour at 3pm, give us Charlotte or Raleigh any day. We made it to our hotel, but had to figure out how to manipulate all the one-way streets. Oh, in our free hotel room, we had a $45 valet parking fee (our only choice) and a ... read more

Our family had an amazing time in Hawaii (the big island) this past December. We rented a car, explored the island, saw volcanoes, rode horses through valleys, swam with manta rays, and had a blast! At the end of our trip, we had a canceled flight and ended up stuck at a resort for a couple of nights just relaxing and swimming. It was a great (if unexpected) way to end our trip. Andrew and I decided it would be nice to have a vacation at a resort, a place to hang around, swim, and relax. This year, we have a lot of milestones. He and I are both turning 40 this year. We have our 15 year wedding anniversary. Also, Andrew's celebrating 10 years of sobriety. We decided to cancel other, smaller trips we had ... read more