We have an ocean view room on the 23rd floor (nice) but the unit next door is ocean front. We can crane our necks around the corner and see what $1000 a night gets you.
BYW, this is not a typical fluffy clouds Oahu sunset. Exceptionally dry atmosphere right now.
The vibrant night scene from our balcony. Kinda like Las Vegas, but more cosmopolitan and with an ocean. What to say? Many things have taken me by surprise here, especially the noise level.
Looking down on the show at the International Marketplace far below. The beating drums and voices carrying up through the skyscrapers-- binoculars useful to see the hula girls.
OK. A classic shot of the beach. We walked over yesterday and sat on the sand.
The water too chilly and rough for us, but thousands of people swimming and surfing from morning to night.
An early start this morning for our half day tour on the north shore. Which turned into a very long half day-- we boarded the bus at 7:30 and got back to the hotel at 4.
The Honolulu nightmare traffic to blame! However, such courteous and patient drivers compared to Seattle. Must be the climate and the aloha lifestyle.
The Dole Plantation. A classic tourist trap, but hey, the whole island is. When in Rome.
We rode the little Pineapple Express train...
Through the fields...
Ate a ears of local corn. And a pineapple whip (mandatory.)
And everyone bought nuts at the next stop.
And finally, a 2 hours at Halewia town on the north shore for shrimp lunch then walking around the shops. And a shaved ice.
Tomorrow, Pearl Harbor.
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