Flying over the other pond...a flight delay because of "maintenance" problems started us out about 45 minutes later than advertised. The "Pi" movie is showing. An interesting breakfast consisted of 4 crackers, some melon slices, and a chocolate covered macadamia nut...and the required orange juice. Nice calm flying weather and we should land in another hour or so.
Was met, and shuttled to adequate hotel. Caught fast dinner and walked along beach walk taking some photos. Caught a dance and music performance in the Hyatt atrium attended by many fairly lethargic tourists. Attempted to stay awake past eight, but couldn't.
Saturday, April 27, 2013
Up with the sun! Lovely breakfast at a nearby Thai restaurant with a most delicious breeze. Watched hordes of tourists lemming-like making their way to the sea. Talked with Jeff and am waiting to catch my ride to the ship. More later.
Met J around noon at Pier 11 and just dropped all my stuff in his cabin which filled it up! We then hopped a shuttle to Waikiki - where I just came from! We made a stop at WalMart and I'm sure its
stock rose as we picked up supplies and snacks, wine, and toiletries. WalMart in Honolulu has a whole long aisle labeled "Macadamia Nuts"! Caught the next shuttle back to the ship to unload this batch of stuff. Next was a $20 cab ride to the mall to buy J pants. Phoned home to check in and then flagged another cab to get back to the ship...another $20. A fast change and another cab ride...this one $25 to dinner in Waikiki through horrid traffic caused by...the annual SPAM FESTIVAL...check it out if you don't believe me. One more cab ride ended the day, another $20. In between the to-ing and fro-ing I was given a cabin on Deck 8 (Dolphin) temporarily...it's inside but lovely.
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