Hawaii

We are on our last night here in Hawaii and it has gone by much too quickly. Our flight in went much better than I expected and Henry and Miles did very well keeping themselves occupied. Of course I was in next row over on the aisle so Jenny has a different story of how it went...

Of course WestJet was amazing as well... (Endorsement Cheque in the mail)

When we woke up the next day, Hawaii was under a flood watch and it was very rainy. Not wanting to waste a day we of course went out anyway and we’re noticeably walking around without an umbrella or poncho because it was warm Hawaiian rain and we just left -30 Calgary weather.

It was at this point that we were walking around the deserted Waikiki beach that we noticed a camera crew, but continued exploring the beach in the rain. The camera crew were from an ABC affiliate KITV which is a local news station in Hawaii. They were interested in why I was out in the rain. I told them it was a lot warmer than where I was from and that the weather was awesome given that it was December.

Here is the news segment that features me: Visitors to Honolulu this Christmas

After that we went raced through a downpour to the Honolulu aquarium which the kids really enjoyed. They especially liked the jellyfish, giant grouper fish and shark.

Both mornings we ate at the Fish Hook Hawaiian breakfast buffet. It was very cheap for the area and our hotel gave us 4, $10 off vouchers so we saved quite a bit by combining them for two mornings. The kids thought the food there was the best. Henry really liked the pastries.

Fort Derussy Park

We took lots of pictures and had a fun day at Waikiki beach and topped it off with a very tasty dinner at Tiki’s Grill and bar. It was amazing food and they had a great kids menu with a free frisbee for each boy. The exchange rate really started to hurt though as we ended up paying a lot for this meal as well as multiple trips to the many, many ABC stores littered around Hawaii. (Think 711 meets hotel gift shop)

 

Postcard perfect

Ahi Poke (very tasty!)

The last day we got McDonalds and spent most of the day at the hotel pool and packed up ready to fly tomorrow. We have an 11 hour flight to Melbourne for a four hour layover, and then a 1hr 50min flight to  Adelaide. Our kids currently will not go to sleep. Should be exciting!