Holiday is now over. Waited outside the hotel for the organised lift. They never turned up, The hotel rang them and they had us listed at another hotel even though our doco showed the correct one, at least they organised a taxi to take us to the airport at no charge. The Qantas Club at Honolulu Airport is a joke, internet unusable and food/beverage a joke but hey all we wanted to do was get home. While sitting in the aircraft waiting to taxi out we sat their watc...

Actually had a relatively quiet day. Went down to Walmart and then the local Shopping Centre. Came back on one of the Trolley buses. It was by now 2pm so we decided to knock off the second bottle of Moet. Karen went to Macy's and I decided to have a snooze. About 4pm we decided to have a swim at Waikiki. It wasn't bad, the water is a fantastic blue colour and the sand is grittier than Aus but the water was nice. Swim completed off to Dukes for a few beers overloo...

Had a good nights sleep after the big day at the volcanoes. Had a breakfast at IHOP which is about the same as Denny's, picked up the hire car then off to Punchbowl National Memorial Cemetery Pacific for the service. On arriving at the seating I was surprised to see several chooks in uniform. Spoke to one of the SGTs and he was telling me they are posted here (techs). What a hardship posting (NOT), he reckons he is loving it. It was a great ceremony apparently be...

Bloody long day. Got the taxi at 03.15 to the airport, check in at 4am and flight at 0500 landing at Hawaii (The Big Island) at about 0545. Grabbed the hire car and headed to a recommended diner for breakfast. Re the hire car against my better judgement I got a Mustang convertible again. It was actually heaps better than the one in LA a few years ago but still like an entry level falcon. The Diner was Kens House of Pancakes and it lived up to the recommendations,...

Full day, boarded bus at about 0630 stuck in traffic jam then quick tour of Downtown Honolulu then off to USS Missouri. Very impressive sized ship. Had a good look around and enjoyed listening to the stories, shame the weather is **** again today ( light rain and strong winds). Finished Missouri then back to the Valor of the Pacific Centre for a tour of the Museum then boat ride to Arizona Memorial. They have the Conning Tower of the WW2 sub USS Apache which was ...