Waikiki Sand Villa

... most days because that's where most of the activity (and shops(!) are). There are also such a large amount of beggars in Waikiki along the street. It's almost like Covent Garden with all the made up performers pretending to be statues and the singers. ...

... family to Hawaii for the week; Emma, her birth mom, Tusa, and her step dad, Rich, stay at the friendly Waikiki Sand Villa for a last week together before Emma comes along with us across the equator. Sunday I chauffeur them to Chinatown, stopping enroute ...

... Ben, going to Hawaii is his dream, and I want him to live out his dreams!   We checked into our hotel, the Waikiki Sand Villa, which is along the canal on Ala Wai Blvd., and just a few blocks from the Waikiki beach.  It's a really nice budget ...

... Toiseen Maailmansotaan. Erittain mielenkiintoinen paikka ja ehdottomasti kannattaa kayda, jos Hawajille suuntaa. Muuten Hawajista ja Waikiki Beachista. Hintataso Suomalaiselle melko edullinen, hotelleja loytyy jopa jollain 35 taalalla/yo, ...

... pakko. Koneet vanhoja, ei omia telkkareita ja safka melko niheetä. Honolulun kentältä otettiin cäbi hotellille, joka varattiin Waikiki biitsin kulmilta. Kivoin juttu oli et kyseisen hotellin käytäntö, on et huoneen saa vasta kolmelta ...

... and Stomp). The upgraded room was excellent but we could not afford it upon our return. We therefore opted for the Waikiki Sand Villa Hotel which is located not along the Beach like the Waikiki Park Hotel but rather four blocks back along the Ala Way ...

... . The good news is that all is within walking distance if you like walking. An hour's walk from our hotel the Waikiki Sand Villa took us about eight blocks down to 888 Kapahulu Avenue to the recently completed "Avenue Shops at Safeway Center". The ...

... , the sight of which was breathtaking (our first time there in the day where we could actually see the beach and water well).  Waikiki Beach spans far in length, but in width is only really about 5 metres wide at some points, so as you can imagine it ...

... way to spend the next three or so hours of my last time in Honolulu, Hawaii. I walked down to the busy Waikiki beach and found a nice spot on the sand to lay my towel down on. One last time to soak this all in, to apply my senses to behold the ...

... for the duration of the conference, we pretty much had the place to ourselves. We did a Christine L and spent the day on Waikiki Beach suntanning and checking out the surfers- you have to love a city that has a fabulous beach area right downtown- almost ...

... , we decided to go and I punched it into the GPS and we were on our way there - a 21 minute drive from Waikiki, near the airport.   The Aloha Stadium Swap meet consists of convocation of apparently 700 vendor stalls that fully encircle the stadium ...

... said he would like to return again this week, but drive there next time!  After sunbathing, I jumped into the water.  Again, like Waikiki, it was not too cold so you could easily get into it.  Wavy, but not too wavy near the shoreline.  I could see ...

... just before 8am and making it there just before 8:30am.  It only took about 21 minutes though to drive there from Waikiki.  Oh, and I had checked the weather online this morning as well, and surprisingly it had changed from yesterday to being ...

... we are solo until late this evening.  What's there to do for the Locke-Setter crew?  A visit to the most famous Waikiki beach of course!  Tina and I bounced around in the Pacific for about a half an hour while watching others surf ...

... , since the water was so clear! It was maybe about 40 feet down, and the bottom was all sandy, with not much down there but sand. Once we were in, it was not as easy as I thought it would be to suddenly just start swimming with the dolphins in their ...

... went ot the beach for the afternoon and swam. For our last night in Hawaii we went to the Royal Hawaiin (first hotel built on Waikiki) and had happy hour on the beach to watch the sunset. Then we just wandered the town and had dinner and went home to bed ...

Well, I am finally on my way! Got up at 05.00 and I am absolutely shattered. After a lot of last minute packing and rushing around, we finally got underway. The journey to Manchester was long due to heavy traffic and I couldn't sleep. It was really hard ...