Day Fifteen January 20 The island of Hawaii was our final destination of our six day trip to Hawaii. Our ship tendered to the port pf Kailua- Kona rather than Hilo which we thought was the original port. You should never assume that the itinerary originally provided to you is the final one. A private tour to visit the volcaneo and the black rock surrounding it needed to be cancelled as there was not enough required time to visit it. Those passengers on the tou...

Day fourteen January 19 Today brought us back to Maui but this time in Lahaina on the other side of the island. They have a saying here "Maui No Ka Oi" means Maui's the best. We can understand now why friends and family continue to vacation on this island as it is really beautiful with so much to do and see. We arrived a 8:00am but due to staffing shortages and the virus there was not enough security to allow passengers off the ship until 09:45 at the earlies...

Day Thirteen January 18 The Isle of Kauai (Pronounced Ka-wa-ee in Hawaii or Kah-why in English), is the fourth largest of the Hawaiian Islands. Kauai is known as the Garden Island where parts of the island have the most rainfall of anywhere else in the world. Today we scheduled a helicopter ride with Ali'i Air Tour that was breathtaking. Travelling along the mountain tops and the coastline was spectacular. We flew over the Waimea Canyon as well which is also...

Day Twelve January 17 Maui, known also as "The Valley Isle", is the second largest Hawaiian island. The island has world famous beaches and the sacred Iao Valley. The opportunity also exists to see humpbacks which use the Hawaiian Islands as a breeding ground before migrating back to the Northern areas of British Columbia and Alaska. Our non ship Viator tour took us to the Maui Gold Pinapple plantation. A fun fact is that the pineapple takes two years to gro...

Day Eleven - our second day in Honolulu with an overnight last night Honolulu, Hawaii Waikiki Beach is one of the most known beaches on the planet, this 2-mile stretch of white sand and calm turquoise blue ocean fringed by towering high-rises and boutique resorts is located on the South Shore of Oahu. From Hilton Hawaiian Village on the west side to Kapi'olani Park in the east, Waikiki is defintely among the most popular travel destinations on the globe. Waikik...