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Oahu
Travel Blogs from Oahu, United States
Getting Ready
Hello everyone!!! It is hard to imagine that in one week I will be that much closer on my way to the trip of a lifetime! I will be arriving in San Diego on August 21, 2006 and will spend the week there with Mom and Dad of course. Sea World, the Zoo, ...
The Longest Day...
For us, Saturday 3rd April was 43 hours long. We were flying from Tokyo to Hawaii and if we ever needed proof we can't cope with jet-lag, this was it. By the time the plane landed in Honolulu, we had morphed into Manga characters. Our limbs were shrunken ...
Aloha from Waikiki
It was a loooong flight, but we finally made it here to Waikiki. The island is beautiful, as always, even though it was a bit muggy and overcast due to a weird weather pattern. We checked into the hotel, the Outrigger Reef Waikiki, and we were taken ...
Oahu
... customs with no problems. We were sad to find out that we couldn't get a Hawaii stamp in our passport because we are from the States. It would have been cool to have one! We collected our bags and met Shannon, Michelle's best friend, at the curb. We ...
Waikiki, Oahu - surf dudes and loons
We were at the Duke surf dude statue webcam twice - were you? http://www.co.honolulu.hi.us/cameras/waikiki_beach/waikiki.htm Sun - so hot that Rach burnt in the shade on the first day - then puked the next (she knew you'd want to know this...). ...
Adventure Rafting to Kanaio Coast/Molikini
Sea Turtles, Sea Caves and remote snorkeling. La Perouse Bay and snorkeling in 3 spot around Molokini. We saw it all on this hi-speed Blue Water Rafts. Scott and Twyla were with us and they brought their 2 friends from Idaho Kelly and ...
The rugged North Shore of Hawai'i
... floating round my head. Lush green hills, flowers behind ears, bold Hawaiian shirts, and many many Americans. We stayed on Oahu, the main island where the international airport is situated. Honolulu is a busy city with sky scarpers lining the horizon ...
Okolo Oahu
... Takze asi tak velky je Oahu. :-) Ked som si uz v Kalifornii zvykol na tieto ich obrozvke vzdialenosti, vsetko na Oahu mi pripadalo velmi blizko. A v skutocnosti aj je. Napriklad take veci ako: - Perl Harbour (ktori zbombardovali Japonci) - Honolulu ...
Good morning, this is your wake-up call!"
"Good morning. This is the Captain speaking. During the night, an 8.8 magnitude earthquake hit Santiago, Chile. The result is tsunami warnings across the Pacific, specifically Hawaii. We arrived in Honolulu this morning at 5am; however, I have made the ...
Vylet na Diamond Head
... takze mi to trvalo len nejake 2 hodiny sa tam dostat. Ale zvladol som a z vrchu bol skvely pohlad na Waikiki a juznu cast Oahu. Smerom dolu som sa priplietol k dvom babam a isiel s nimi asi na hodinovu prechadzku okolo Diamond Head. Asi v polovici nas ...
relaxing start
Hi everyone So we have spent the last few days in honolulu and in kauai. They are both beautiful in different ways. I think that I like kauai better, it's still undeveloped and the landscape is just incredible! It has a little bit of everything, ...
Honolulu
We are finally in Honolulu and in our hotel. The view from the plane as we flew in was breathtaking. I took several pictures of the island as our plane touched down. Brent found his way to the Aqua Waikiki Wave by recalling some ...
Walls at Waikiki.
After the whole omelet thing, Steven, Damo, and I headed down to Waikiki for some beach time. I'm in desperate need of a tan. Despite living in sunny Southern California, I am as white and pasty as a bottle of Elmers glue. My favorite place to lounge and ...
Adrift
... for fear of what might happen" -- Herodotus I got off the plane in Hawaii, landing on the island of Oahu around five o'clock or so, just before sunset. As I headed for the baggage claim, I realized... I was smiling. I ...
First Day in Hawaii
We got our early start in Seattle heading to the airport at around 6:30. We were able to catch some of the Black Friday shoppers along the highway. It looked like some of the stores were only letting in a few people at a time. The flight was one of ...
Leaving one dream for another
One year back home in Hawaii after 3 years in Japan and we're off on our world trip, just not as we had originally planned. Instead of quiting my IT job and taking off for a year, we decided to postpone that ultimate freedom for a can't refuse ...
Extreme Makeover HE, Polynesian Culture, Beach!!!!
... is really awesome, and has so much stuff to see and do. I would definitely recommend it to anyone coming to Oahu, especially with a family. Today, I stood for 6 hours straight in the pouring rain as well as the blazing sun @ the set of ...
Week 3 - Just full out crazy!
WOW! What a week! The second week at camp went A LOT smoother than our first. The kids were all use to our routine and we are getting better and better at learning how to control them. On Monday we took the kids to the pool. Little Trevor decided to ...
Aloha!!
... was going to come close it, so we spent the afternoon lazing in the sun on the beach and planning future adventures. Second day on Oahu was spent firstly witha visit to Pearl Harbor, which was OK but I didn't really like the way it was set up. And ...
Week 2 - 1st Week of Camp!
Aloha all! This is a bit delayed because things have been just a flying by but this is just a recap of last week: Monday we spent all day preparing our campsite so that it looked more like an actual camp facility than a warehouse. In the morning a guy ...
Surfin' USA
JUST LOOK AT THE PHOTOS!! LOOK AT THEM!!!! We're, like, TOTALLY surfing dude. And at Waikiki Beach too. Our cool factor which was not much to speak of, has trebled at least. At Per's very first try, he caught the wave, stood up on the board and rode it ...
Surf, Scuba and Sunburn In Hawaii
Aloha! We are in the land of pineapples, big waves and grass skirts! We've seen all three and a lot more besides. Our first 5 days in Hawaii have been busy to say the least! We arrived in Honolulu on Monday and had an interesting journey to our ...
Random 360 Degree Turn
Random 360 degree turn because the ship decided to (no steering capabilities for the ...
Polynesian Cultural Center
Today we visited the Polynesian Cultural Center, which made for a pretty full day all by itself. I had mistakenly thought we were going to visit the Dole Pineapple Plantation on the way up there, but I hadn't looked closely at the route that we had ...
Aloha and welcome to Hawaii
In our best Vicky Pollard shell suit voices.. Oh MY GOD Right!!! Leaving Vegas for one of us was a bit of a wrench. The bright lights, fast food and wizend women walking about asking - you wanna drink? I never knew whether to tip then or pray ...
Hanauma Bay and the North Shore
... time until I was 40 and now I am hooked...... After we were done snorkeling, we took a drive to the north shore of Oahu. This is where the big monster waves happen during the winter snorkeling season and a Mecca for surfer dudes. We ate lunch in a ...
The day that went on forever
The first day in Hawaii seemed like the day that lasted forever...... I got up at 4:30am after failing to convince my body that I was no longer on Eastern time. I sat on the lanai and watched the sun rise over Honolulu until Diane got up at ...
Hawaii
Hello Everyone! I have made it to Honolulu, Hawaii! I am staying at a great hostel right by the University of Hawaii. I arrived yesterday morning and spent the day resting up, but after a good night sleep last night I am ready to hit the internet cafes ...
a toast to bid farewell
Oh shit! 29 cruises, 203 days, a whole bunch of hours! finally off the boat. as great as the job is, the vacation is 914 times better. So me and mr. Siefers' contracts are up, hit up bambu bar say goodbye to my ...