Sunday, 12 August 2012

HONOLULU WAIKIKI OAHU HAWAII


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.




No comments:

Post a Comment