Greetings from Hawaii! We arrived Sunday morning about 9am local time ( about 3am Monday WA time!), and took a day or so to get over jetlag and acclimatise, but nearly there now... although I'm still the only one awake this morning at 9.13am local time :-)
I think we had the oldest plane in the Qantas fleet, but we made it...
I expected Waikiki to be insanely busy and over-developed, and to some extent it is, but I can see why it's so popular. The beach is fantastic... way too crowded for me, but beautiful clear blue water at just the right temperature. We've been very restrained with shopping so far, but prices are pretty good.
Yep... $12.99 for a 750ml bottle of CC... The small bottle to the left was $6.99, but I paid $9.99 for one duty free in Australia before we left... bummer
We're staying at Aqua Bamboo Waikiki at the moment, which is a nice little hotel a couple of streets back from the beach. We can see ocean glimpses from our balcony on one side, and off to the hills from the other side. Probably the best view on our floor is from the outdoor laundry just outside our room!
So far, we've been for walks, had a couple of quiet drinks at a beachside bar, eaten at Denny's diner (pretty average really), the Cheesecake Factory (awesome - great menu and service...no it's not just a cakeshop) and BBQ with John, Sarah and Gianna, and checked out Ala Moana shopping centre.
Today we're organising our travels for the next week... hoping to head up to the North Shore for a few days. Will post soon.
Steve.
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