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North America » United States » Hawaii » Kaua'i February 25th 2024

We are off to Kauai. We signed up for a Hawaiian Airlines credit card and with the bonus points we had enough points for two people to fly round trip to Kauai. This is the second time we have signed up for the Hawaiian Airlines credit card. We sign up for the card,, charged the amount needed to earn the bonus points then booked our trip. We will cancel the card and wait at least two years before trying it again. We came for warm weather we are not fans of winter. Northern Kauai town of Princeville is our first stop. We rented a car using Costco Travel. I always use Costco if they rent cars at our destination.The rental car prices are good and a second driver is included at no additional cost. We stopped ... read more
Hike
Turtle swam by us while we were scuba diving
Cindy is diver on the right

North America » United States » Hawaii » Kapaa November 12th 2023

From CNBC: The most off-putting behaviors According to the report, the most aggravating in-flight behavior is the invasion of personal space — be it encroaching on an armrest, leg room area or crossing the invisible boundary that separates passenger seats. Some 77% of people in the survey said they were "bothered" by it, with 51% saying they were "very bothered." (I hate the seat hog) In second place are unhygienic behaviors, such as clipping fingernails or taking off shoes, according to the survey of more than 2,200 Americans. However, url=https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/12/should-you-recline-seats-or-remove-shoes-on-flights-it-depends.html?&doc=107327468not everyone objects to removing shoes on flights, with less than half of people in Asia (49%) and just over a third of those in the United Arab Emirates (38%) deeming the practice unacceptable in a YouGov survey p... read more
Just quiet please!
Some movie time?

North America » United States » Hawaii » Oahu » Honolulu November 6th 2023

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
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North America » United States » Hawaii » Oahu » Honolulu November 6th 2023

Day one. Oahu sunrise Thanks to our Jet lag we were awake before birds and had booked a Sunrise cruise with Viator, and had booked a taxi with Charlie's Taxi app. The taxi was always on time and reasonable compared to other companies. Our cruise had been cancelled due to lack of customers but we were rebooked on the Sunset cruise the same day. We decided to take a gentle amble along the beach taking in all the sights Honolulu had to offer. The locals were already taking the surf, playing Beach volleyball and jogging! The sun appeared over the Diamond Point crater North of the city. Breakfast was taken at a little restaurant behind the Hilton called Gangnam Style and was showing the video as we took our seats. Don't think we wowed the locals ... read more
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IMG-20231008-WA0004 Diamond Ridge

North America » United States » Hawaii » Oahu November 6th 2023

The Sunset cruise was amazing. We booked with Viator and the checkin was slick. Our wristband denoted our main course choice for our 3 course meal. The meal included a salad starter, we had a fish main and cheese cake dessert all very tasty. All soft drinks on board but you can take your own alcohol. The sunrise was special! ... read more
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20231008_184342 fish dish

North America » United States » Hawaii » Oahu » Honolulu October 27th 2023

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
Stupid LAX Terminal 1
Flying home
Leaving LA

North America » United States » Hawaii » Oahu » Honolulu October 26th 2023

Aloha! We both woke around 4am this morning and sat on our balcony watching the sunrise and it was beautiful. There was a break in the water so it looked like a ship was flying across the ocean. Like an alien ship. Ha I took some pictures and tried to capture the situation. I swear I’m going to post tons of pictures someday soon. I walked to Starbucks to get an iced tea and Kamie decided he wanted breakfast. We had a fantastic breakfast at Bali Restaurant here in the village with a gorgeous ocean view from the back and lagoon view from the side. It was good food and good conversation. Something happened yesterday that cracked me up and I forgot to share it. As we were walking into the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center this ... read more
The finale
There was lots of fire in this luau show
These kids are 7 9 and 11 years old!

North America » United States » Hawaii » Oahu » Honolulu October 25th 2023

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
In the village somewhere
Sunset in the village
This guy on the beach

North America » United States » Hawaii » Oahu » Honolulu October 24th 2023

I was awake around 4:30am Hawaii time (which is 9:30am Missouri time). It was dark and pouring rain outside. Our waitress at dinner last night had told us they were in the middle of a drought and had been praying for rain. Well, they got plenty this morning. I went back to sleep until around 6:30am. Kamie had stayed-up half the night on the balcony so he was in bed snoring. The rain had quit so I walked around the resort to see some areas I had not checked-out previously. Our resort is 22 acres. I walked almost the entire resort this morning so I’m getting my steps in every day. This place is full of early morning walkers and people getting their daily exercise on vacation. The resort is beautiful and very well taken care ... read more
Kamie's Bday gift
Cool Hard Rock merch
Kamie outside Hard Rock

North America » United States » Hawaii » Oahu » Honolulu October 23rd 2023

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
USS Arizona
A replica of the USS Arizona
This was the ACTUAL speech




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