Honolulu was a bit of a shock after Maui. The biggest town on Maui we'd been to was Lahaina, and even it was just a few main streets and some hotels on the outskirts. Honolulu is a big,noisy city, sprawled over hills, with the beach lining a promenade of shops and high rise hotels. We thought four days was going to end up being too long to spend here when we first arrived, but that opinion changed towards the end.
Honolulu did have a good choice of different places to eat, and plenty of unique shops to explore. Gerard (egged on by me a bit) bought himself a second aloha shirt, though his choice of white leaves on a green background (note the choice of colours) was much more muted than the shirt he bought a couple of days earlier on Maui.
We also added some comical surfing and hula dancing Santa ornaments to our collection. We have bought a Christmas decoration from each place we've visited whilst we were away, all with something that represents the place it's from. Looking forward to putting them on our tree for years to come.
Walking about in the evenings there were free hula shows that we came across in two or three different locations, giving us a chance to hear some Hawaiian music and see some traditional dancing and costumes, which was good fun.
We spent a day on and around Waikiki beach. It was a great spot for people watching, but not much shade on offer.
Gerard did some research and discovered a car rental would be fairly cheap actually, and would have the added bonus of saving us a taxi fare back to the airport so we were in for a few days of doing what we do best on holiday and going exploring.
Honolulu did have a good choice of different places to eat, and plenty of unique shops to explore. Gerard (egged on by me a bit) bought himself a second aloha shirt, though his choice of white leaves on a green background (note the choice of colours) was much more muted than the shirt he bought a couple of days earlier on Maui.
We also added some comical surfing and hula dancing Santa ornaments to our collection. We have bought a Christmas decoration from each place we've visited whilst we were away, all with something that represents the place it's from. Looking forward to putting them on our tree for years to come.
Walking about in the evenings there were free hula shows that we came across in two or three different locations, giving us a chance to hear some Hawaiian music and see some traditional dancing and costumes, which was good fun.
We spent a day on and around Waikiki beach. It was a great spot for people watching, but not much shade on offer.
Gerard did some research and discovered a car rental would be fairly cheap actually, and would have the added bonus of saving us a taxi fare back to the airport so we were in for a few days of doing what we do best on holiday and going exploring.
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