The last day of our holiday We woke up and checked out as early as possible and headed into town to go to the beach. Dean made one last (futile) attempt to get an iPad 2, but the beach proved a step (or hundred) too far when lugging two heavy suitcases. Instead, we sat on the benches overlooking the ocean in the park on Ocean Ave.

The tsunami wave arrived as expected at a height of only 2.9 feet. Still enough for the authorities to close the beach an pier first thing this morning. So, we thought what better way to pass the time than with a massage. A bit of Internet research revealed that the nearest establishment to our hotel was more like a brothel, so we walked 10 blocks to the more reputable Massa Massa Massage. Seemed OK at the time, but Dean's back was in agony a day later. As the ...

Our tour of LA by bus continued today by getting a bus into Downtown LA then one straight out to Paramount Studios in Hollywood. We were there for the 2 hour studio tour starting at 1pm. Our guide drove us round several sound stages, showing us where Citizen Kane, Godfather Part I & II were filmed, plus dozens of TV shows that we'd never seen nor heard of. Decent tour, but very similar to the Warner Studio Tour we did last time. We got back to Santa Monica ...

Another early start today to get to the airport halfway across Maui by 11am. A short flight later, we were in Honolulu again and after a slightly longer flight after that we arrived at LAX. Dean's Wolves shirt exploits continued, with it having the effect of drawing out someone from Telford at Baggage Reclaim - surely Wolves must be one of the biggest clubs on the world stage with this kind of global recognition? We caught 3 buses to the hotel. Sadly while wait...

Another day, another turtle expedition. We drove up to Black Rock at the next resort of Ka'anapali and headed to the beach near the Sheraton. Parking was challenging - we drove round for about half an hour before opting for Whalers Village, which was $4 per hour or 3 hours free with validation. Dean's sandals finally split yesterday, so he was unable to go swimming with Julie and drive back with sandy feet. Julie saw one near the beach an followed it around for ...