We are still both shattered not been sleeping too well but today's an exciting one as we have the dancer from the Luau we saw at the Hilton coming to do Matts Polynesian tatoo. He comes to our room and spends 2 hours on this custom made design he created for Matt drawing It completely freehand. It looks amazing and he's a fraction of the price we were quoted in the parlours. What's really nice about it is how he incorporated things that matter to Matt into the d...

All excited today were off whale watching - only $84 for us both including transfers - not bad at all! We are feeling pretty delicate but down a couple of sea sickness tablets and set sail round 9am. Matt spots the whales about 30 minutes into the trip and it seems the Captain spots them at the same time making a b-line for them. We are so lucky, we have a pod of adult and baby Humpbacks but we legally aren't allowed to go beyond 100 yards to see them - they ca...

We get up literally at the crack of dawn and set off in search of Pearl Harbor. We find it with ease and make our way through the entrance - it's pretty busy even at this early hour. We are directed towards the museums as a starting point - these are free and give really good insight into the lead up to and occurances on that day - it's shocking and sad to hear how there were so many warnings, they knew the jap planes weren't at their base and saw an influx of p...

As Jacq stupidly wandered around in shorts last night she has woken to 5 massive mosquito bites and is not impressed. Regardless, today is the day we decide to hire a car and tour the island more. First stop is the lighthouse where 50 first dates had a memorable scene, obligatory re-enactment - tick! It's a 90 minute hike though and with last night affects still lingering it's not the nicest for Jacq who moans and moans baked in the heat - Matts having a great ti...

Great day ahead we decide to top up the tans by the pool and chill. After an hours rest we head towards the beach trip stopping at a swanky hotel for a drink by the beach with a Hawaian singer entertaining the posh "we don't clap" people. We find another bar, yes it's that kinda day, and stop for a couple of beers listening to a Hawaiin duo perform somewhere over the rainbow and it's a wonderful world - it's class! We stop then at the Hard Rock Cafe for happy ho...