Recently, I was able to vacation with my mom and our niece in Hawaii. I was last in the islands 25 years ago. That's long enough that I don't remember many specifics so I can't answer a question like, "Has it changed much?" On my previous visit B and I spent more of our time on other islands so time at this location was pretty limited. This trip was all Waikiki and Oahu.
Naturally, my flights to get there began at 6 am and that required a departure from the apartment at 3:15 am. Nearly all of our flights seem to begin at 6 am.
My flights were as follows (and much easier on the way there than on the return):
Here to Tokyo, Tokyo to Honolulu. Door to door actual time: 23 hours
My return flights were not so easy: Honolulu to Los Angeles, Los Angeles to Tokyo, Tokyo home. Door to door actual time: left on 15 August and arrived midnight 17 August; you can imagine the rest and the math is up to you.
I arrived in Honolulu much earlier than my roommates but the hotel was able to let me check in early so I got at least a bit of sleep before the others arrived some 6 hours later.
Just look at the view from our hotel room! Fabulous!
***Photo disclaimer. I'm using a few photos taken by our niece because many of her photos were better than mine.
We teased my mom that we certainly wouldn't lose her in a crowd when she's wearing chartreuse. Here's a shot of my travel companions for this trip.
Here's a couple of shots of my roommates. I guess I wore them out!
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