Had a very active week in the second week, punctuated by lazy afternoons on the beach. I should have written this all up as soon as it happened, but this not being the case, I can't remember the specific order of things. On monday we tried to get into Pearl harbour but it was so busy there was a three hour wait just to get in, so we scrapped that idea and went over to the Windward side to visit the Valley of the Temples in Kaneohae. Under the shade of the K...

I haven't been disciplined about keeping this blog, mostly out of laziness, but also I've been so busy (and I've had to battle it out with 4 other internet users for comp time). I left off somewhere last week... Friday Spent the morning shopping at Ala Moana and Ward St, and got snorkelling equiptment. We had dinner at The Pacific Club and headed out to the Windward side of the island, to Lanikai facing the Mokolua islands (see picture). It was the small...

Aloha!!!! Finally got around to writing a blog! It's the fourth day here in O'ahu and it is boiling hot. I didn't get the chance to write an entry for the first couple of days as the bloody airline lost my bag, which had my laptop and all my clothes in. . Finally got it back though!!! :) The first day of the holiday was spent mostly shopping (with a quick detour up to the Pali Look out) for supplies and clothes. We made a nostagic pilgrimage over to Kailu...