Aloha

This post will be short as we are having trouble with internet access.

The trip from Canberra to Sydney and then onto Honolulu went fairly smoothly but was the beginning of a 40 hour day. We arrived early in the morning of the same day we left. Claire had a couple of snoozes on the long flight Peter didn’t sleep at all.

Check through immigration and customs went better than expected. We managed to keep our shoes on.

We couldn’t check into our hotel until 3pm although we could drop off our bags. So we had to explore Waikiki for 6 hours.

The shops and the beach took up some time however we got tired of  walking around. A local told us about a public bus No 14 that was a great way to travel up to some scenic views. It was a perfect way to spend an hour and a half. We even had a good chat along the way with the bus driver who was a Hawaiian native.

Four hours sleep later we were off into town again.

On Paul’s recommendation we went to The Cheesecake factory for dinner. Oh my God. When the waitress my burrito I wanted to know where the other person was who was going to help me eat it. Claire’s salad luau salad  was three levels high and came with two wontons separating the various levels. These people have a serious eating problem.

The next day we visited Pearl Harbour for most of the day. It is an amazing place. The USS Arizona Memorial is very moving, as you are standing above the resting place of over 1100 men.

Peter found a new small toy.

 

Claire on the USS Missouri with the USS Arizona Memorial in the background.

Cher was not straddling the cannon on the Missouri but at her age maybe that’s a good thing.

Claire and Peter on board the “Pride of America”.

and no its not a photo shopped picture , it just came out that way.

Bye for now.