Today we headed to Kealakekua Bay for snorkelling in what they say is the most pristine spot in Hawaii. But to get there, we had an hours zodiac ride. Mum decided against going as her back and neck and shoulders were aching and didn't want to make them worse. A few others also stayed back. We were transferred to the zodiacs and off we headed. Our captain took us to a spot not too far away where there were Spinner Dolphins to check out before we zoomed off to th...

Not the best sleep last night. Never known so many noise air conditioners as there has been in Hawaii. I was hoping the rocking of the boat would make me sleep but no, so pretty tired this morning when it was time to get up. Brekky was at 8am followed by Snorkel 101 where we got to check out our gear and made sure it fit plus they ran through some safety tips. Then it was time to board the smaller boats and get taken to our first snorkel site, Pawai Pt. Visibil...

Today was embarkment day, but not till later in the afternoon. We didn't really have anything planned so since checkout wasn't till 11am I spent some time in the hot spa and lying by the pool. Need to take advantage of these things is what I say. After we checked out, we took our gear to the Uncruise check in area which was in the hotel and left our bags with them and were told we didn't need to be back till 3.45pm. Mum and I decided to jump in a taxi up to ...

Our last day together in Waikiki and we woke up to an overcast grey drizzly day and it looked like it had set in for the day. I had thought about going snorkelling to look for those turtles but it wasn't going to happen. Adam and I decided instead to spend some relaxing time in the hot spa after breakfast and before we had to check out which came too far soon. It was a bit of a madhouse in the lobby. Apparently with the rain and bad traffic there was quite a...

So a very early wake up this morning, the alarm was set for 5.30am for Adam and I so we could head off to Diamond Head for sunrise. We were just hoping there would not be cloud cover like yesterday and it looked like we were in luck. Adam got us an Uber to the entrance and we weren't the only ones to be there. Couldn't believe how busy it was. From the start, it was uphill and the ground was quite uneven. Our eyes adjusted to the dark as best it could when lots...