Waikiki

I have to back up a little and update you on our activities of Monday.

On Monday we woke up early and grabbed our prison breakfast (which we had to fight the birds for) and started walking. We walked and walked and walked and walked. We were told our hotel was 2 blocks from the beach....apparently we didn't walk the RIGHT two blocks. Anyway, eventually we found the beach and it was LOVELY! The water was so beautiful and such a perfect temperature. The surfers were out and we just walked along the beach for a long time. We took some pictures with Kenneth's camera, but I don't have them on this machine yet...so, stay tuned for photos.

After lounging around in the hotel for a while, we loaded up and checked out. We went to lunch at the Cheesecake Factory, and shopped a bit. Then we went for a scenic drive and circled almost the entire island. Upon returning to Honolulu, we returned the car and went to the airport where we met 7 more people from our party. It was fun to see everybody and we took our short flight to Kauai.

*Note: We never posted our initial reaction to Oahu. Our first drive around Oahu reminded us of a cross between inner city Los Angeles and El Paso. It was not the exotic Hawaii we had envisioned.