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Our American Holiday
  • Brydie Forbes
gen – feb 2018

Our American Holiday

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  • Brydie ForbesOur American HolidayViaggiatore

    Hawaii

    29 gennaio 2018, Stati Uniti ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C

    What a day! Starting of with an early morning walk to diamond head, which is an extinct volcano just 10 mins away from where we are staying. The views were amazing with the sun over the crystal blue waters, just beautiful. We headed back down the hike and caught the trolley cart back to where we were staying we went for massages and coffee and cake to top the morning off ( I had cake Toby ordered actual food hahah). We went down to the beach around lunch time and hired a stand up paddle board, what we didn't remember was that we were at a beach with actual waves so that was a pretty funny event 😂
    After our hopeless attempt at paddle boarding we headed to our rooms to get dolled up ready for the luau! It was such a cool event to go to, when we go there they gave us flower neck lays and drinks. We walked on through and we got to do hula lessons, watch how they climb a palm tree, how they use fishing nets and lastly how they cooked our dinner in a hungi style set up. As well Toby got picked to wear a grass skirt and do some dancing out the front of everyone it was hilarious! The food was amazing and the experience and show was good fun.    Leggi altro

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  • Brydie ForbesOur American HolidayViaggiatore

    Hawaii

    30 gennaio 2018, Stati Uniti ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C

    Today we got up nice and early ( 5am) and went to pearl harbour memorial! Our tour guide even had Hawaiian doughnuts for when we go there to eat in the line, they were purple and had chocolate icing all over them very delicious! We went into the memorial and they gave us head sets to listen to as we went through the memorial. It was very interesting and touching the stories we heard from both Hawaiian and Japanese accounts. It was an extremely sad event that happened in history. We got to go out and visit the memorial for the Arizona one of the many battle ships that had been struck, it was still bubbling out with oil and will be for years as there is gallons and gallons still down below. They will never try and filter the oil out as it is a tomb for 900+ sailors that died that day. The oil smell hits you as soon as you get off the ferry. After the pearl harbour memorial we went to the aviation museum for lunch and had a buffet litter all in the museum under the planes. After lunch we headed to the USS Missouri a battle ship that was hit at the end off world war II by a Japanese kamikaze pilot, the ship had been repaired and now is on display for tourists!
    In 1945 when the plane hit the ship the pilot payed died on the deck of the ship, the sailors wanted to throw him over board for what he had done to the ship. The captain commanded that the crew sail out toward Japanese waters and make a japan flag out of sheets to honour the pilot and give him a proper send off, the captain honoured that he was just fighting for his country as they were doing. Later on down the track years later they found out that the pilot was only 19 and his family had heard what they had done for him they gifted the ship with photos of him and thanks for the honouring their son.
    This storey was one told when on the ship and I really enjoyed hearing it.
    We later went back to our hotel went for a swim and then had a lovely Chinese dinner before we hit the sack ready for tomorrow's adventure.    Leggi altro

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  • Brydie ForbesOur American HolidayViaggiatore

    Hawaii

    31 gennaio 2018, Stati Uniti ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C

    We had an awesome day today exploring a place called Kualoa ranch where they filmed a lot of movies including Jurassic park! We got there nice and early and we were out in a group to ride quads on the movie sets with a WHOLE group of Asians! Now I am not being racist but I just had this feeling that the quad experience was going to be hilarious. We were the only two that got a safety talk in English!!! And the rest were all in different languages, now with in the first 5 minutes of doing the practice lap to make sure every one was okay one of the dim sims crashed of a small drop and sat there trying to get out of the hole the wheels spinning like crazy!! Toby and I turned to each other and Toby's words to me went a little like this, " well this is going to be fucking eventful" 😂
    The ride was nice and slow with one of the dim sims being close to the age of 60+ he had to be!! It was definitely a very funny experience. After our quad tour we went on a jungle tour to see Hawaiian temples, traditional stone packed fences, along with how they fished and come to use the land.
    We headed to lunch after this tour where we filed up on once again mostly Asian foods lots of rice 😂 and headed on to our last adventure on the ranch which was the tour of all the movie sets and sites that were filmed there. We seen where movies like 51st dates was filmed, soul surfer, Jurassic park, King Kong, the movie pearl harbour and Hawaii 5-0 which was being filmed for season 8 while we were there!! We didn't see any of the actors but it was exciting seeing them set up.
    After all of our tours we headed back to our hotel had a little kip then went down to the jacuzzi for a dip before dinner! It was a pretty miserable day, raining on and off so the jacuzzi was a good idea! Not to mention it was full of multicultural people having loads of debate and one Aussie being a wanker!! We had a pretty cool day 🌸    Leggi altro

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  • Brydie ForbesOur American HolidayViaggiatore

    Hawaii

    1 febbraio 2018, Stati Uniti ⋅ 🌧 25 °C

    Well what a shocker of a morning! We went out snorkelling and it was pretty choppy, Toby had a ball while I was spewing of the deck with bloody sea sickness!! It was terrible, I couldn't have felt worse. Toby had a great time snorkelling and on the cruise. I went into the water thinking I would feel better but I couldn't have been more wrong, as soon as I got back on the boat that's when things went down hill, but hey I got to see a sea turtle in my short time in the water. It was such a relief to get back to shore I can tell you that now! 😂
    After our shocker of an adventure Toby took me to maccas and peped me up which made me feel better! We went for a swim, I didn't let the waves get me moving too much 😂 and I had a dip in the jacuzzi! I'm loving the jacuzzi. After we went for a oook around he streets and back to the room after ready for dinner. It was an eventful day but hey toballs the little shit enjoyed it 👍🏼
    Outlets here we come tomorrow!
    P.s we are definitely gunna need another suitcase
    P.ss we have more photos on a USB of our day before it took a turn for the worst! All smiles blue skies and we seen HUMPBACK WHALES 🐳    Leggi altro

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  • Brydie ForbesOur American HolidayViaggiatore

    Hawaii

    2 febbraio 2018, Stati Uniti ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C

    Today we had a huge shopping day! Outlets and all, we stoped for lunch at a whole bunch of food trucks which was amazing. We headed back to our room after going out and buying an extra suitcase to head down to the pool. After the pool we went straight to an out door bar right near the beach and met some people from Seattle a lovely couple about the same age as us and we ended up having dinner with them! It was pretty cool to have a chat to them. Not long now and we will be on our way home! We are definitely looking forward to a home cooked meal 👍🏼Leggi altro

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  • Brydie ForbesOur American HolidayViaggiatore

    Hawaii

    3 febbraio 2018, Stati Uniti ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C

    Well well day 30! What a trip we have had. Today we took it easy had a swim and a relax. We have definitely over indulged in so much good food, we started with breaky at the hula grill under our hotel, then to the Cheesecake Factory for loads of share foods then in the afternoon we went to a big street market that was on in the street we were staying in. The food and atmosphere was great we had corn on the cob and fresh lemonade. Lastly we got a takeaway pizza and had it back at the room and packed up all our goodies ready for home.
    America has been amazing 🙌🏽    Leggi altro

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    Fine del viaggio
    4 febbraio 2018