Saturday,
February 15, 2020
The
ship has landed! We docked back in Honolulu at 7 am and they wanted
us off the ship right quick! We decided to take our time, enjoy our
last breakfast, and take our own luggage off the ship.
As we were getting off the ship, we ran into Dan and Julianne, who we have been running into all week since the Meet and Mingle. We had the same plans for the day, so they ordered a Lyft and off the 4 of us went.
As we were getting off the ship, we ran into Dan and Julianne, who we have been running into all week since the Meet and Mingle. We had the same plans for the day, so they ordered a Lyft and off the 4 of us went.
We
have rented a condo here, but could not check in until after 3 pm.
So the first thing we had to do was get the Lyft driver to take us to the condo office
(not the same address as the condo!) where they could store our
luggage for the day. That means we had to think carefully about what
we might want to bring along for the rest of the day!
We decided to start our day with the infamous hike up
Diamond Head Crater. You'll recognize it if you watch Hawaii 5-0 or Magnum PI.
imagecredit:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oJNcS5EWS8
This is a volcanic crater. It is named Diamond
Head because British crews in the 1820's found crystals which they
thought were diamonds. Nope, just calcite.
It
cost us $1 each and took about 2 hours. The trail is 1.3 km one way
and climbs 560 feet (171 m) in elevation.
After Diamond Head, our friends ordered another Lyft and we all walked along the famous Waikiki Beach for awhile.
The
beaches and the beach walks are super crowded, but there's a fun
vibe. Not much shade to be had at all. Lots of surfers.
This
is the statue of Duke Kahanamoku, who made surfing popular:
Dan and Julianne had to leave around 1 pm to catch their flight (Bye Bye cruise ship friends!), and the 2 of us had a fabulous lunch at The Cheesecake Factory. Yum yum!
After lunch, the 2 of us found a spot on the beach and enjoyed crowd watching. We took turns going into the water because we weren't too keen on leaving our things unattended.
We walked back to pick up our luggage and find our condo. It's much louder here, lots of traffic.
Frankie seems to know people everywhere, and Dayna invited us to her place for supper tonight. Frankie taught Dayna's 2 kids ages ago.
After lunch, the 2 of us found a spot on the beach and enjoyed crowd watching. We took turns going into the water because we weren't too keen on leaving our things unattended.
We walked back to pick up our luggage and find our condo. It's much louder here, lots of traffic.
Frankie seems to know people everywhere, and Dayna invited us to her place for supper tonight. Frankie taught Dayna's 2 kids ages ago.
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