Vacation Intl Royal Kuhio Honolulu

Today was our scheduled tour of the whole island. Yes, Bill will try yet another bus tour. Our driver picked us up, told us he would take us to another bus, and off we went to gather others. After riding around Waikiki and visiting various hotels for a half hour we reached the Sheraton where we were greeted by more hostile visitors waiting for a tour bus. We learned our driver had not shown up ...

... my phone and sure enough it did not work. I still do not understand the reasons for this, and it goes against other advice I had received that, as long as my handset was unlocked, it should work if a US SIM was installed in it.<br><br>So I continued to have my phone 'roaming' with its Australian SIM in it. I only made a handful of calls and was quite prepared to pay for them when I returned ...

... is about to crash and I book it out as Kelden dives through it. <br><br>We stand on shore together looking out at sea.<br><br>Dolphins, a school of them, are playing in the cove! Splashing and swimming together in circles, they jump out of the water and do flips and somersaults and rolls... These amazing happy beautiful creatures just experiencing the joy in life right before my eyes. I lay back down in the shade, stretching out on my stomach. We watch them for ...

... spent sleeping!<br><br><br><br><br>When we walked around Waikiki we had to admit that is was so different from island living in Fiji. Waikiki is very commercial with lots of designer shops like Channel, Dior, Cartier etc. We knew that Waikiki was very commercial and had hoped to spend some of our two weeks in Hawaii in a different Hawaiian island, Maui.<br><br><br><br><br>If you have watched Fifty First Dates you may remember the bar called the ...

Back on the ship... boo. I woke up for global studies and then went to classical islam class. Its our second to last A day before we have exams. We talked about Islam in terms of the global world today in class. It's been interesting to learn that one of the main differences between the United States and Muslim majority countries is that while the US values freedom as top priority, the Muslim ...

... and I had the crab, shrimp, and mushroom dip with lots of bread and chips! It wasn't exactly the healthiest meal, but it sure was yummy. After getting some food in our bellies, we decided to go hike Diamond Head today instead of tomorrow since we moved our surfing to tomorrow. For $2 each we took The Bus, route 23, and it drops you off about 1/4 mile from the park entrance. We walked to the park and for $1 each we entered the ...

... get our pedicures.........ah we are so relaxed here in paradise!!! For dinner we each had a huge banana split (our good eating habits have gone out the window here in Hawaii) and then went for a walk along the beach. Such a beautiful night!! With a major warning out for extremely high winds and possible power outages we got up late in the morning (Thursday 15th January) and decided to head out for the Premium ...

... t you? I haven't blogged in a bit because my last few days have been fairly quiet. I spent a couple of nights hanging out with Sonny - a guy who found me on Twitter when searching for Hawaii and yoga. He is big in the world of Paintball and commutes between L.A. and Big Island. We had a beer and walked up and down Waikiki Beach for like four hours the other day ago ... he also introduced me to the founder ...

... Suite available. DH was upstairs and I can't yell it to him because I don't want the kids to hear. I run up the stairs, I strain my leg muscles in the process. I told him about the Deluxe Family PHS. He said to take it. I was like, "Can we afford it"? DH is the "cheap" type. Hearing this from him was so unbelievable. I let him made the call and we got it. DH said to forget the up sell fairy calling us. This is the highest category we can get for party of 5. This will ...

... the crimes with the other 8 fingers, you'd be fine! Hehehe!) I had to have my photo taken too. I must have looked quite a fright after a long overnight flight! I went through and got my bag. They had an agricultural check point, but I was able to pass that as I had declared the chocolate in my case! :) We were then directed out of the building and that was that! I needed cash but couldn't see an ATM anywhere. I asked a lady at one of the ...