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Aqua Wave Hotel, Wailkik, Honolulu – Hotel Review

Saturday, February 23rd, 2008 at 7:13 pm  
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While in Hawaii we stayed at the Aqua Wave Hotel which we found through Trip Advisor where it was rated in the top 10 hotels in Waikiki. The foyer is plain with  a reception desk on one side and the concierge and a couple of shops on the other. There is a chinese restaurant at the end of the corridor-like entrance. The staff were very friendly and helpful and check in was easy and painless apart from the fact that our room wasn’t ready. This was through no fault of the hotel, as we had arrived early after a 10…

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Hawaii – Day 2 The Sights & Shopping at Ala Moana Mall

Friday, February 22nd, 2008 at 8:59 am  
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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…

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Holidaying in Hawaii – Waikiki

Thursday, February 21st, 2008 at 9:10 am  
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On our approach into Hawaii we flew over parts of Honolulu and Pearl Harbour. We noticed a lot of military aircraft both as we were flying over as well as at the airport. After collecting our bags we were ushered upstairs to catch a WikiWiki which is made up of three separate bus bodies joined together. We found it somewhat amusing to be driven a few miles down the road to customs, usually customs is in the arrival terminal building in most other aiports we have come across. Checking through customs was quite uneventful apart from the fact that for the first time ever we both had officers…

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