Hawaii
Three stops here. The Big Island of Hilo, Honolulu and Kauai. On Hilo we had a volcano crater tour which was very interesting. Largest volcano in world is here – the
only one that can be seen from outer space so they say. First time we have come across a bus
driver who is also the tour guide.
She did both very well.
Honolulu was our shopping destination for
sneakers. Looking for named brands
cheap. We found them but chose not
to buy as our options tended to be pink, bright blue and fluorescent
green! Not our colours! Glad we had already been to Pearl
Harbour as weather too windy for tenders to get out to Arizona memorial.
Third island of Kauai was very scenic. Many movies have been filmed here
including Elvis’ Blue Hawaii. Went
out to their version of the Grand Canyon.
This was quite different from the one in Arizona but still very
spectacular. Again our driver was
our tour guide and he was also very good at both. He was passionate about his island’s history and
heritage. Told us many legends
about the islands and the landmarks, in some ways very similar to the oral
history of the aborigines. We had
a very nice lunch at a resort hotel, but the last ones in did not fare as well
– not a lot left. Problem was not
our little bus, but the big ones
that came after.
Sea days now until Pago Pago, lose a day,
then Fiji, New Zealand (2 stops) and Sydney. Where has the time gone?
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