Early this morning we were picked up and taken for a long drive to Pearl Harbour, the site of the Japanese attack on US soil during WWII. We got there and were shown a short film showing the history, before we were transferred to a small boat and taken out to the USS Arizona memorial. The memorial is built over the sunken remains of the ship, which in parts are still sticking out of the water. It was a bit eerie and for me it was very moving, with Ben being in t...

This morning we packed up and checked out of the Marriott. We had our site inspection and breakfast at the Mekena Beach resort and then headed for the airport to check in for out helicopter tour. This was unreal! We got given positions to sit in the helicopter and had to all stand in those positions until be boarded the chopper. We got in while the blades were going around and I was petrified I was going to be decapitated. We got in and got strapped in and met o...

Our start today was a 5:45am, very painful. We met in the lobby and drove to the harbour for our snorkelling tour. We boarded our boat and set off for the Molokini Crater. We were given snorkelling gear and off we went. The snorkelling wasn't as good as in Sharm el Sheikh, but is was still pretty cool. The only part that wasn't was when I swam through a load of jellyfish, which stung a bit. We got back on the boat after about and hour and proceeded to the next s...

This morning I checked out of my lovely room at the Westin and proceeded down to the beach for my surf lesson. The guy teaching us kind of reminded me of chicken in the movie Surfs Up, and he seemed like a walking stereotype. He also had his little daughter Madison there who was already showing us all up. We were told how to lean and how to stand up on the board before we went and got into the water. We paddled out to the surf, I only made it about half way befo...

Today we got up bright and early and went for a site inspection at the Westin Hotel, totally different to the Westin Kaanapali Villas we had been staying in. This place had some amazing views and real flamingos in the fountains! We had breakfast there which was buffet style and I had Eggs benadict and waffles, I'd never tried waffles. After the site inspection we got to go to Lahaina town for some free time. I did a bit of shopping, presents for other people mos...