Blum's Waikiki Beach Condominium Suites Honolulu

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Nach dem Film wird man mit dem Schiff zum Memorial gefahren, ein wund**schoen designt** weiss** Bau, d** gebogen ueb** d** Wass**ob**flaeche zu schweben scheint und das darunt**liegende Wrack d** USS Arizona ueb**spannt. Man kann vom Memorial aus Teile des Wracks **kennen; es kommen sogar heute noch Oelreste an die Ob**flaeche und das noch fu** v**mutlich weit**e 500 Jahre...

Anschliessend im Museum gibt es noch viele int**essante Infos und ...

OK; heres the thing. I was looking forward to writing a blog about how the films don't lie about Hawaii - we did recieve flower garlands when we got off the plane, and everyone out here does actually say 'Aloha' when they greet you. Pretty cool huh?!

However, for those of you who havent seen the news recently, I appear to be about to face my other half. Hurricane Felicity/Felicia is on her way to Hawaii and is due to ...

We hiked Ka'ena in the northwest part of Oahu.  It was an amazing hike that hugged the ocean the entire time.  Beautiful rock formations and caverns...Wow!  It took my breath away.  I can't stop taking pictures.  People snorkel around this area too around the rocks.  The hike was not strenuous, but it was hot. It was in the 80s.  At the end point you go through green patches that look like ...

... too, so it'll be a small reunion.

The day after the wedding, Kyoko and I are going to visit Ken in Miyako Jima.
We were classmates at the APLP (East-West Center fellowship program).
I can't wait to see nice clear beaches and Ken's kids! They are so sweet.

I'll say good bye to Kyoko at the Naha Airport, and I'll fly to Fukuoka to see my former colleague, Junko ...

... and Bri we watched two episodes of the office being played on the TV. I worked on my video about S@S throughout the night too. After the Office we watched some of Sweet Home Alabama and then The Dark Knight. We didn't finish them till a little before 3am so I decided to head back to my room afterwards. I planned on going to bed but ended up reading a chapter in a book that I purchase in India called Gang Leader for a Day. It is about a guy from India ...

... was really windy when we got there and MAD,MAD,MAD! It was spring break when we got there and very busy. Not quite like NZ!! Had dinner in Chilli's and then got on it!! to combat the jetlag ...

... that nature was rolling away at work in the background. It was as if the Hawaiian spirits were purging away all that was bad of the stricken 2008 and heralding a triumphant beginning to 2009. The clouds parted at about 9am and the sun broke through bringing those without hangovers down to the beach. It turned into a magnificent and ...

... by some dorky guy whose only plan was to go to a Luau. He didn't know that the food on the plane was free, which made me feel experienced and superior. I had the window seat, so I got to watch as we flew into a slightly overcast Honolulu. Getting off the plane and out of the airport was easy. I grabbed a bunch of free maps and guidebooks in the baggage claim area, found the right bus and made my way to Seaside Hostel. Riding through Honolulu on the bus was a first for ...

... place down (you know who you are!). Met some great people and had a chance to talk to a few prospective students. Okay -- we had lots of time to relax, too. Folks from CSPM, AZPod and Scholl all enjoy hanging out in the evenings together. In spite of work, we had a great time! Spent a lot of time by the hotel pool just reading and people watching (great people watching at hotel pools, I tell ya!). One night we ventured into Chinatown for dim sum via Dog the ...

... approach came in over the freeway, on the landward side of Diamond Head, past Waikiki, Punchbowl and over Pearl Harbour before the final frantic landing and rapid exit from Honolulu's busy runways. And all for 50 pounds each.

We stayed overnight at the airport hotel (which is actually quieter than Waikiki!) and this allowed us to stow all the luggage and get to the Arizona memorial in Pearl Harbour. The stringent security ...