December 5 (again!)
We left Auckland on the 5th and arrived in Hawaii on the 4th – about a 9 hour flight. It was Air New Zealand – very comfortable and they looked after us well. Gerry liked it as it was a daylight flight, good weather and not too cloudy so at times he could see the ocean. Didn’t arrive in Honolulu till about 9 p.m. and caught a shuttle to our hotel. About an 1 1/2 hours later, we were the last people dropped off.
Spent Saturday walking around Waikiki just looking. (A Starbucks on almost every corner.) Rode on a free ‘shopping trolley’ that took us about 4 miles out of Waikiki to a touristy store. We took it to just see the area, but managed to find a few things that we ‘needed’ in the shop.
Did a little grocery shopping as our hotel room has kitchen facilities but our first supper had to be at Tony Romas – not sure if it was the same one the Smiths’ & the Hawkins’ frequented in the 70’s, but it could have been and we were definitely thinking about them. Then we wandered back towards the beach as there was a Hula Show scheduled. By this time – 6 p.m. – it was starting to get dark so you can see some of the Christmas lights in the photos.
Saw one of those spectacular sunsets that Mom always talked about – had to walk along the beach of course! The hula dancers and band were very entertaining and after dancing to Hawaiian music they ended the show with Christmas music.
"A Starbucks on almost every corner."
ReplyDeleteLOL!
Just like every big city everywhere.