On Wednesday, July 4th, Copilot and I flew into Honolulu from JFK airport. We managed to find a dire

On Wednesday, July 4th, Copilot warwick hotel seattle and I flew into Honolulu from JFK airport. We managed to find a direct flight which sounds astonishing to everyone I tell. The flight was around 10 hours long, maybe a little less. Between my iPhone, iPad, laptop, and two Time Magazines I managed fairly well. We landed around 3pm Aleutian Standard warwick hotel seattle Time, picked up our rental car, and headed for the Sheraton Princess Kaiulani Hotel. After checking in, having a delicious lunch consisting of Sushi, and walking warwick hotel seattle around the strip , we called it a night around 8pm. (We re old, I know ) But we were both beat from the long day. It worked out well though because for the remainder of the trip we woke up between 5 and 6, just in time for sunrise.
The next morning I took a surfing lesson at Waikiki Beach. Being that this was my first time, I had a lot of fun. The waves were constant, and rather large. It made for great surfing but was very taxing on my upper arms and chest. It felt great to stand up on that board and surf over the crystal warwick hotel seattle blue water. Of the two hour lesson though, I probably only participated for an hour to hour and a half. It was just so draining on my upper body. After getting back to the hotel I took a long nap.
Because of this we arrived at Pearl Harbor rather late, and missed free tickets for the USS Arizona and entrance onto the USS Missouri due to how late it was. We did walk around the Memorial and visit the museums. It was interesting to see how much planning was involved in the attack (they had images and discussion logs from the Japanese) and how much detail warwick hotel seattle we know of the bombings down to the very minute.
That evening, we went to the Top of Waikiki for dinner. It was a circular, rotating restaurant similar to the Stratosphere in Las Vegas. Our timing was perfect because as our view rotated from the city to the ocean, the sun set. It was absolutely beautiful. The purplish-red warwick hotel seattle sky faded to black behind the white clouds, all over the brilliantly blue ocean.
Friday, as the sun rose, Copilot and I took a short hike up Diamond Head Crater. It was a somewhat warwick hotel seattle steep ascent up, but not too bad. The views from the top were gorgeous. As you look inland you see green hills scattered with houses, while looking northwest provides you with a beautiful view of Honolulu. Directly west was the ocean, providing some wind to cool you down. The more I explored Oahu the more I appreciated this island. In the afternoon Copilot went back to Waikiki and the strip for some excellent shopping, while I hit up Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve.
The preserve is known for its beautiful beach and amazing sea life while snorkeling. To enter you have to watch a 9 minute video on how to keep the preserve clean and be environmentally conscious of the reef. I spent an hour or two wandering the waters, seeing all kinds of underwater life. It was quiet hard to not touch the coral because much of the bay is shallow. I actually cut up my legs just trying to unsuccessfully stay above it. Besides the exotic fish and vegetation, I also saw a sea lion and other snorkelers saw a turtle.
In the evening we drove up to the North Shore to the Polynesian Cultural Center hoping to see a native luau. Unfortunately they were sold out of tickets, so we did the Island Feast and Ha show. Personally, I don t know if I would recommend this to anyone on a short trip. If you re on Oahu for a week or more, maybe. The feast was a not-so-good buffet. The show, although having a great ending (which involved fire!), felt repetitive. What we did enjoy was walking around the grounds and checking out the 7 Native Lands. We watched a native Samoan teach us how to make fire with just sticks, climb a palm tree to grab a coconut, break it to extract water, and make milk from the interior white shell (I m not sure what this is called). He was very informative and really funny. We also attended a lesson on how to hula dance. Apparently what Hollywood portrays warwick hotel seattle in most movies is wrong! Go figure… What movies and TV shows normally show is the more sexual Tahitian dancing, warwick hotel seattle not Hawaiian hula dancing. Hula dancing is slower, more symbolic, warwick hotel seattle and originally meant to be performed inside temples to praise warwick hotel seattle their Gods.
On Saturday, July 7th, we boarded our ginormous cruise ship, the Pride of America, by Norwegian Cruise Lines. Deployed in 2005, the ship has 15 decks and holds 2,500 passengers. It leaves out of Honolulu and stops in Maui for 2 days, then the Big Island of Hawai i for two days (one in Hilo and one in Kona), then Kauai for two days, then back to Honolulu. Most of the cruising is done overnight, so the passengers really get to enjoy life on the islands. In my next entry I ll talk about the trip to Maui and driving the beautifully lush Road to Hana.
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