Big Breakfast, Grommets and Barneys

We headed out the door nice and early for an American breakfast; omlettes with a side of pancakes, crabcakes with a side of potatoes and waffles and pancakes with enormous towers of whipped cream.  Delicious but impossible to finish..

After that we walked over the road to Waikiki Beach.  Scott, Holly and James decided to get their first surfing lesson.  A gnarly bronzed instructor who looked like he'd been surfing for the last 40 years was their instructor.  About 10 mins instruction on shore and then they headed out on their long boards.  They all managed to get up and ride the waves and had a great time.

Middayish we headed back for lunch, afternoon passed with packing for tomorrow's flight home and the daily swim in the pool.  Hamburgers on the deck for our final meal in Hawaii.  We have our limo booked for 5:45am tomorrow so it will be an early start.

Its been a fabulous 10 days and we have loved Hawaii. 

A Very Lazy Day

Holly writes:

Today was just how you would imagine a holiday to be. Waking up when you felt like it, eating breakfast, lounging around, putting on your togs and lathering up in sunscreen. A quick walk to the beach before immersing yourself in the warm water and letting the waves drift over you. But after a couple hours our stomachs began to grumble and we packed up and left, treking sand through the streets of the city.

Peeling off wet clothes, we sat down on the balcony with lunch and ate staring out across the city. A couple chapters of a book and a snooze later, the warm air and slow breeze had dried our togs. Down at the pool the water flickered as the light bounced off it and the cool depths beckoned us. It was a  welcome break from the humid air.

We swim, we play games, we relax in the spa pool. Once it is over we go back to apartment and get ready to go out. Our holiday hobby is happy hour hunting. Today's restaurant of choice was Maui's Brewing Company. A brand that Dad has enjoyed drinking while we have been staying here. We eat chips and tater tots and pork belly bao.

Once home we watch a few episodes on the complimentary Netflix and hug each other good night. The end of our holiday looms, but its OK, we still have one more day. 

Hanauma bay for the day!!!!!!!!!

Emma Writes

 Today we went to Hanauma bay. Hanauma bay is the most popular snorkelling bay. They allow up to 3 thousand people a day! The fees for getting a park is 1 dollar but you have to pay more to get in the bay. When you get in you have a time on your ticket and that is the time the movie. The movie is about how to protect the bay.

I did not go snorkelling because I was scared that one of the vicious sea creatures would hurt me.  But the others all went out and they said it was great.

After swimming we had lunch.  There were lots of weasels at the beach. When Mum and I  went to get my clothes on we saw a cat. Once we finished lunch we had to climb all the way up the hill to get to the car park. Right at the bottom we saw two fluffy kittens and their mother. On the way up we saw  people on the tram. Holly James and I wished we were on the tram.  The fees for the tram is $1.25 per person.  In total for all five of us  it would have been $6.25.       

That night we went out to dinner at the Yardhouse.  James and I had pizza and Holly had mac n cheese.  For dessert we had ice cream and James had a oreo and rice crispy pudding.  After dinner we saw a hula show which told stories about the king and queen of Hawaii and had two men doing dances and two women.