Hawaii - Day 2
By Wanda on Feb 22, 2008 in Hawaii, USA
Slept in this morning and when we finally got up we headed down to the beach. Today it was crowded and no wonder, the weather is amazing.
We had planned to do so many things - go paragliding, attend a luau, check out the many memorials around and go to Paradise point. And what did we do, absolutely nothing in the tourist line at all except wander around Waikiki through the shops, the International Market, the Hyatt Hotel lobby which was pretty spectacular with it’s indoor waterfall. We then headed to Kings Village which was made up of quaint looking shops which were really targeted for the tourist.
We needed a mouse for the new laptop so we boarded a bus to Ala Moana Mall. This was an experience in itself. The place is enormous and all the top designers have outlets here - Gucci, Prada, Louis Vuitton etc, right along side Macy’s and Sears. They also had a great indoor pond with some huge carp.
I am totally blown away by the cheap tv’s here and the computers are way cheaper than back home. We found what we 
needed at Radio Shack and then headed back to Waikiki and grabbed some lunch to take back to the hotel. Unfortunately we bought sandwiches that were pretty tasteless but the cream puffs we bought were delicious.
We also bought some tea to take back to the hotel as in most US hotels they only have a coffee. While we were at the supermarket we checked the food prices and found them comparable to Australia.
As soon as we got back to the hotel we set up the laptop with the new mouse. It’s amazing what a difference having the right equipment makes. We are involved with affiliate marketing which means we spend lots of time on the computer. Today we had a hook up with James Martell in Canada for an hour or so in the Affiliate Super Boot Camp. James is a great teacher and we advise anyone interested in learning about Affiliate Marketing to take his course as it is very informative.
Tonight we went next door to our Hotel for dinner at ‘Da Big Kahuna’. I so wish we had gone there last night instead of where we went. The food is extremely tasty. We had a medium well New York Steak with fries and crumbed shrimp and Garlic prawns with rice and salsa. The serving was just right and left enough room for us to share a baked New York cheescake with fluffy cream. We came away feeling fully satisfied.
’Da Big Kahuna’ has great decor and the service was excellent. We thoroughly recommend this restaurant.
Tomorrow we have to leave the hotel at 5am to get to the airport for our flight to Los Angeles but even so we are still awake at 11pm. I guess we are still on Australian time.
What did we like about Hawaii?
- The weather is amazing at this time of the year - a perfect temperature.
- The people are friendly and very helpful.
- The sandy beach of Waikiki is beautiful.
- Everything is green and lush.
- Tourist attractions are very reasonably priced e.g. parasailing is $25-$45
- Dining out is very cheap.
- Computer equipment is cheap.
- Lots of bright and colourful reasonably priced souvenirs.
- We learnt two new words - Aloho which means hello and Mahalo which means thank you.
We thoroughly enjoyed our stay in Hawaii and would love to spend a bit longer the next time. I think a week would be better as we would have time to see Pearl Harbor, the volcano, go parasailing and spend more time on the beach.
4 Comment(s)
By Stacy on Feb 23, 2008 | Reply
Hi Wanda and Paula,
Am so glad that you are enjoying your trip. Hawaii sounds a like a great place to be at the moment. It is enough to pack a bag and head there now. Keep on having fun. Can’t wait for your next blog.
Stacy
By nia on Feb 24, 2008 | Reply
mahalo beautiful girls!
this is wonderful.
By traveltripz on Feb 24, 2008 | Reply
Mahalo Stacy and Nia.
Hawaii is a great place to visit and the weather is awesome at this time of year.
I think a family trip might be in order.
By nia on Feb 25, 2008 | Reply
lol omg etc etc etc
lets get the first family trip to Europe underway, then go to the united states!.