SATURDAY 11th AUGUST 2012.
Following four relaxing sea days sailing across the Pacific Ocean in
calm seas, we reached the islands of Hawaii and berthed at Honolulu on the
southern shore of the island of Oahu in beautiful warm sunny weather of about
28 degrees.
This is a place we always look forward to coming to. It was fantastic
on the ship, in early morning, sighting the partially cloud covered island of
Oahu, then rounding Diamond Head to the magnificent view of Honolulu and
Waikiki.
We couldn’t have wished for a better day and decided to spend the day
in Waikiki, the meeting place. The more you visit Hawaii the better it becomes,
it’s that laid back and hard not to relax and that’s what we did. Spent the
morning doing some easy shopping, a nice coffee at “Starbucks” then had lunch
at the Cheesecake Factory Restaurant in the Hawaiian Village complex. We then
had a quiet and lazy afternoon drink with two fellow travellers, beachside in
the pink palace of the Royal Hawaiian Hotel. It was hard to leave, but we had
to get back to the ship for evening drinks and a sailaway dinner with friends
at the Aloha Towers Restaurant on the wharf beside the ship. This really
finished off a fantastic day and we were sorry to leave that night.
We now have five relaxing sea days before we reach our next port of
call, Tahiti.
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