Hawai'i Trip . . . Day 1
I never want to forget the details of my most wonderful trip to Hawai'i, so my post will be REALLY long. To help in posting I am going to post it in several segments.
What a fantastic week! Hawai’i is everything that I hoped it would be! It is so lush and green, so warm, not too humid, and so incredibly beautiful! I loved every single minute that I was there, and seriously felt like crying when it was time to leave. I was so very fortunate to be with three really fun ladies from my school, Brooke, Corby, and Rondi. Brooke lived here in Oahu for three years working as a dolphin trainer at Sea Life Park. Consequently we were able to have our own personal tour guide as we visited not only all of the tourist sites, but also we got to see the beauty of Oahu from a resident’s point of view. In addition, we had the opportunity to spend time with her friends, Jess, Kate, Kyleen, and Kristy who are also dolphin trainers.
Our condo was in Waikiki, less than three blocks from the beach. Brooke and I arrived a few hours before the others so we spent some time walking around the beach and the International Market Place while waiting for them to arrive. Waikiki is a happenin’ place – lots of people all hours of the days. The beach is long and narrow with tons of people surfing or learning to surf out in the ocean. There are souvenir shops called “ABC” everywhere you turn. We went to a crepe shoppe for dinner – it tasted wonderful after the long flight over.
The next morning, the official first day of our vacation we walked down to Waikiki beach. On our way, we found a “bird man” He encouraged us to pose with his beautiful macaws. We were a little nervous at first, but we found them to be extremely friendly! Of course, we tipped him for the privilege! We continued to the beach, and then decided to go to another beach.
We drove about a half hour to Lani Kai. The sand there is just like powdered sugar, it is so fine! We spent the morning there playing in the sand, soaking up the sun, and enjoying the water.
Later we had the opportunity to go to dinner with Jess, Kate, and Kyleen at the Kona Brewing Company.
What a fantastic week! Hawai’i is everything that I hoped it would be! It is so lush and green, so warm, not too humid, and so incredibly beautiful! I loved every single minute that I was there, and seriously felt like crying when it was time to leave. I was so very fortunate to be with three really fun ladies from my school, Brooke, Corby, and Rondi. Brooke lived here in Oahu for three years working as a dolphin trainer at Sea Life Park. Consequently we were able to have our own personal tour guide as we visited not only all of the tourist sites, but also we got to see the beauty of Oahu from a resident’s point of view. In addition, we had the opportunity to spend time with her friends, Jess, Kate, Kyleen, and Kristy who are also dolphin trainers.
Our condo was in Waikiki, less than three blocks from the beach. Brooke and I arrived a few hours before the others so we spent some time walking around the beach and the International Market Place while waiting for them to arrive. Waikiki is a happenin’ place – lots of people all hours of the days. The beach is long and narrow with tons of people surfing or learning to surf out in the ocean. There are souvenir shops called “ABC” everywhere you turn. We went to a crepe shoppe for dinner – it tasted wonderful after the long flight over.
The next morning, the official first day of our vacation we walked down to Waikiki beach. On our way, we found a “bird man” He encouraged us to pose with his beautiful macaws. We were a little nervous at first, but we found them to be extremely friendly! Of course, we tipped him for the privilege! We continued to the beach, and then decided to go to another beach. We drove about a half hour to Lani Kai. The sand there is just like powdered sugar, it is so fine! We spent the morning there playing in the sand, soaking up the sun, and enjoying the water.
Later we had the opportunity to go to dinner with Jess, Kate, and Kyleen at the Kona Brewing Company.
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