If you are familiar with the fantastic song "club tropicana" by the awesome group wham! You will be familiar with the sounds from mother nature that kept me awake last night! If you dont know it https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WYX0sjP6Za8 you just need to listen to the first 10 seconds! This mixed with heavy tropical rain showers on a corrugated roof led to a rather short nights sleep! The rain continued into the morning and when in the briefing room for our h...

Did you know the hawaiian flag has got the union jack on it ! Some leader from way back wanted stronger ties with us this was pre it becoming the 50th state :-) Sorry my ability to absorb the history stuff is zero the place names and peoples names are really hard ! From my experience it is 68% US, 17% Traditional Hawaiian / polynesian and 15% other. Anyway back to my day, after setting me up with an impressive breakfast of croissant, scrambled egg and fruit th...