Aloha Motel

ALOHA FROM HAWAII!!   Well, this is the land of big sunsets, big meals, big drinks, and big butts (mainly being mine!)   We arrived on day 1 and hit the shops at Ala Moana shopping centre - the first store I went into was Tiffany ...

... . Today signals the end of our "adventure" as we board the plane for a couple of hours stopover in Auckland and then Brisbane and then Lismore.   Will do a final wrap later. Cheers - or Aloha (means hello and goodbye, depends on how you say ...

... say..ahhh that place, sort of thing. These hotels cement their own fate. We will not be recommending anyone to go there! Aloha is fine, it has a lovely spa bath, which Khailana and Escher enjoyed! A large flat screen tv with many channels, sef contained ...

... , as I won't get to see it until I go to work  next and grab a copy..thanks Lynette, you are an angel:) We all came back to the motel and relaxed..the kids played on the playground and I found a connection  for the internet...free too, nice! ...

... two hours of driving around hotels failing to find one that could even get close to our budget. Then we found the only Motel in town. Motel Aloha. $107 (over £65) for a crap room that stank. It was getting late though and we had run out ...

... we would have to get some help, but luckily we were able to free him without damaging him.  Phew. We check into a great motel in Flagstaff and head straight for the pool.  I take the steaming hot tub and the boys take the less hot pool.  ...

... in the Ybor City area of Tampa.  After a stroll through the renovated industrial neighborhood we headed back to our "no tell, motel" for the night. After dropping Bill off for his marathon air trip home, Barb met up with her sister, Margie, and ...

... brothers and sisters. Oh, a few more things...next to PCC's parking lot is a gas station (Chevron), McDonalds, and a small motel called Laie Inn http://www.laieinnhawaii.com/. Well, I hope this blog inspired you to visit my beautiful hometown of Laie, ...

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When we arrived in Port Macquarie we saw that they have a Koala Hospital. I found an article in the local tourist papers and read about the amazing work they do rescuing injured or abandoned koalas. Of course we had to go check it out. Jane and I walked ...

The day of the sky dive. We had breakfast and were picked up at 8am to go the ¾ of an hour trip to the airfield. When we got there we were shown a video of lots of sky dives, trying to give us an idea of what to expect. Then we got told who was going ...