Day 1 Oahu - arrived in Honolulu. Hired a car again, and made the mistake of driving down the freeway to the Sheraton in Waikiki, took us an hour for what would normally be a 15 minute drive in non-peek hour traffic. There were even 4-5 lanes going each way and it was like a parking lot! Met up with Julie and Leslie, and went for our first dinner in Waikiki at the California Pizza Kitchen. Really great food at great prices. Waikiki really comes alive at night, we had fun even walking back to the room. We got some mermaids made out of balloons for the girls, from a cool chinese dude, and got pictures taken with Elmo.
Day 2 - A day at Waikiki beach – we all got a little bit of burn. We got banana lounges (only $3 each) and coasted around the shallow water with the girls. Jas had a ball and spent most of the day on a lounge. We had lunch at Hyatt on the Beach, huge burgers and fries and fresh lemonade, then we headed further down the beach towards the pink hotel and went canoeing in the surf – we road the waves in on a huge canoe it was such a blast. Even saw a giant turtle while we we out there. At about 3ish. We took Eliza (as she was starting to look a little red) and went shopping for a while. Had Icecreams with mix-ins – Dave had cake batter icecream with cookie dough mix in and I had the Sweet and Tart with Strawberry and Raspberry mixins. Meet up with Les, Julie and the Jasmin back at the hotel, after they had some more time at the beach and pool. Off to dinner at the Cheesecake Factory – mammoth menu I had the Shrimp Scampi (Garlic Prawns) Dave had the Cajun Chicken. Jas and Julie got beads in their hair as well.
The View from our room on the 23rd floor of the Sheraton:
Having fun in the pool with Les and Julie:
Banana Lounges in the water at Waikiki:
View of the beach and diamond head and a turtle swimming by, from our canoe out in the surf of Waikiki:
Chillin out with Dad and a nice big icecream:
Day 3 - Dave and I hiked up to the summit of Diamond head while the girls went to the beach with their Uncle Les and Aunty Julie. It was a decent walk:
... along winding paths
... up staircases
... through dark tunnels
... and more dark tunnels
...Up winding staircases
.. and more flights of stairs
To finally get a view of the crater (pretty Ho Hum), and a great view of Waikiki and the coastline:
After the crater walk we joined the others on Waikiki Beach, walked down to the Cheeseburger Place, and had planned on walking down and looking at the Zoo except Eliza fell asleep. So she had a bit of a kip, and Dave went off to the Ala Moana shopping centre via the Waikiki Shuttle to do some shopping, while the rest of us spent the arvo at the pool. Girls didn't get out for 3.5 hours! They swam around with Uncle Les wearing $4 life vest and $1.40 arm floaties (so cheap here!), while Julie and I enjoyed some cocktails by the pool. Jas also got to toast a marshmellow by the pool which she ate between two brownies. After swimming we walked down to Planet Hollywood for dinner. I will insert some pics later on of the pool, as Julie has some on her camera (Dave had our little camera with him).
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