Oahu Day 1

After a relatively short flight, especially compared to the one that got us to Australia, we arrived into Honolulu around 8 this morning. We were fed very well on Air New Zealand with a decent chicken stir fry, salad and ice cream for dinner last night and a cheese omelette with hash browns, sausage and beans for breakfast with fruit and yogurt. I was very full which isn't normally the case on flights!

After passport control and picking up our bags, we got an Uber to the Hokulani Waikiki. It was about 10:00, so not surprising that our room wasn't ready. We hung out in the small business center area with a couch until about 2:00 when our room became available. We got our bags upstairs, Allan had a shave and a shower and then we went up to the pool deck for the midweek mai tai. Nothing like starting your first day with free mai tais!

We stayed and drank our mai tais until about 3 and then got an Uber to the NEX where we met mom and dad to pick up some groceries. Allan also managed to pick out an aloha shirt!

After our shopping excursion we headed back to the hotel, dropped off the groceries, and then went to Waikiki Brewing Co for dinner. A burger and a beer later, we went back to Mom's room, grabbed our groceries, and walked about 15 minutes back to our hotel. It was a nice night and a pleasant walk after all the food and drink from the last couple days. We had a shower before bed, and both the shower and the bed felt like luxuries after our time in New Zealand. Thanks mom and dad 🥹Read more