Day 6

Here we are, most of the way through our trip. It's hard to believe. We have nothing in particular planned for the day, just a kick back and relax kind of day. The weather is not cooperating too well. When we woke up at 7:00, it was very cloudy and a little drizzly, still warm though. The original plan was to go to Hanauma Bay today and then onto Sandy Beach. Unfortunately, Hanauma Bay is closed on Tuesdays, and with the weather the way it is, we may just do that tomorrow, our last full day on the islands.

Today we may do a little more souvenier and gift shopping. A trip to Starbucks is definitely in order as well. We have taken hundreds of photos so far, thank goodness for digital. Fill up a memory card, download it to the laptop and burn it on a CD.

I am going to have lots to do once we get home as well. We have shot almost 6 hous of digital video so far, and I will need to review every minute of it to edit it down to a much shorter DVD of our trip. Hmmm, come to think of it, I will need to get a CD of Hawaiian music to dub into my production.

We started out with the clouds in the sky, and headed to Starbucks for coffee and cinnamon bun. From there it was a wander through Duke’s Alley, which is similar to International Village, but even less expensive. Did some shopping, and managed to buy a couple of gifts. Tried my hand at dickering as well and got the price down to less than half. Sometimes all it takes is to look at something and just walk away. Renee looked at a Tiki shaped bottle opener one day, and the price started out at $8.00. As she walked away, the price dropped to $6.00, then $4.00 and finally to $3.00 all without saying a word.

As we left Duke’s Alley, the sun came shining brightly through. We wandered right down to Waikiki Beach and I am happy to report, we finally touched the Pacific Ocean. I just waded around up to about my upper thighs. Renee was much more adventurous and went for a swim. We continued walking all the way along the beach, stopping along the way for photos and video ops. Renee reported the swim as, “the best ocean swim I have ever had”. “The water was warm, the salt made floating easy and the waves were exciting”. “There colour of the water was beautiful emerald green, the sand felt so good on my toes, it made me want to hula”.

From the beach we wandered along, very slowly as my feet and calves are still so sore and flip flops are not fun against blistered toes. We stopped at Perry’s Smorgy for lunch and then went back to the hotel, just as the clouds rolled back in and the heavens opened up into a tropical downpour.