Woke up at 4am and checked out of the hotel before catching taxi to the airport for our flight home. Long wait at the airport and flight delayed but eventually we checked in and were on our way home.

Today we flew back to Waikiki for a night before our early flight home tomorrow morning.We stayed at The Equus which was close to the Ala Moana Shopping Centre where we spent the afternoon shopping before walking into Waikiki for dinner.Returned to the hotel to pack and have an early night before our 5am taxi trip to the airport

Today we spent the morning on a brief walking tour of the town which really didn't take long. The main sights were the old temple near our hotel, the oldest church on the island and the old palace. In the afternoon we relaxed by the pool before heading out to dinner. We ate at a restaurant overlooking the route for the 4th July parade. Parade was amusing, a mix of community groups, military, political candidates and businesses using the parade to advertise....

Today we went on our helicopter tour to Hawaiian Volcano National Park. It was an early start, up at 5am for a 6.20am pick up. After a safety briefing we took off at 7.30am flying from Kailua-Kona and flying past the two largest volcanoes on the island, Mauna Koa and Mauna Loa before reaching the active volcano, Kiluaea.We flew over the crater with bubbling lava then past an active lava flow. The lava started flowing again less than a week earlier so we were luc...

On Saturday we flew across to the big island, Hawaii. Scenic flight over the islands of Molokai, Lanai, Maui and Kaho'olawe. The island of Hawaii was much different to the other islands, it was covered with black volcanic rock and old lava flows.We checked into the hotel then wandered around the town of Kailua-Kona which was a big change from Waikiki. Much quieter and a much slower pace which was a welcome change.