Today we decided to head to Pearl Harbour. We weren't the most organised so we hadn't booked the tickets for the Arizona Memorial which become available 60 days before. They also release some the day before (but we didn't do that either) and if you get there early enough they have some available for the day but that didn't happen either. We had slept in and no one set an alarm and by the time we had brekky and got a car there, it was close to 11am. We decided t...

Merry Christmas. A day of relax and spending time with family. No rush to get up this morning which was nice after yesterday's early morning. We exchanged some presents and then had a leisurely breakfast. Was going to try and hit the beach but it was pretty overcast and showers came and went. We did spend some time down by the pool until the rain got a little bit heavier but we should have realised by now that as soon as you head back to your room, the rain is ov...

It was an early wake up this morning as we had a booked a jeep tour around the island for the 3 of us with a pickup time of 7am. Sun doesn't even rise till 7am here so it was dark and gloomy when we got up and when the sun did rise, it couldn't be seen as there were grey clouds everywhere with drizzly rain. We met Tim our driver/guide for the day and first stop was Tantalus Lookout, which gave us an overview of the whole city from Diamond Head all the way do...

Today was very much a relaxing day. All 3 of us have been working pretty hard with not much downtime so it was very much deserved. Adam had been up early due to jet lag and had already been down to brekky by the time mum and I got up. Adam headed out for a walk and after mum and I had breakfast we went and met him and walked along the beachfront. One of the things that surprised me was the lack of advertising on the hotels. Apart from a small sign at the front ...

The day we got to live twice. Had an early wake up so I could finish off paperwork for the restaurant and start to get organised for this trip. By now, we would usually be packed with just a few things to sort, but not this time. Least organised ever. Neither of us had packed anything and just had a few things out that we knew had to go...along with quite a bit of stuff for Adam, including Milo, Vegemite, chips, chocolate and his basketball cards he used to col...