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canyonwalker) wrote2021-12-28 12:04 am
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Busy Last Day in Honolulu
Oahu travelog #19
Waikiki, Honolulu HI - Mon, 27 Dec 2021, 10pm
Today's our last day in Hawaii, and it's been a busy one. We started the day early with a visit to Diamond Head. We thought we'd beat the crowds by arriving around 7:30 but we were already almost too late. 😳 We hiked to the rim of Diamond Head then drove back to the hotel to eat lunch at a nearby food truck.
As of last night the weather forecast for today was sunny early in the morning and cloudy the rest of the day. Mother Nature had other plans and kept the sun out all day, so we took advantage by going out to the beach after lunch. On the way out I took this picture of the Hyatt Regency Waikiki (right/above). Our room is on the side mostly facing the camera, middle, 14th floor.
We stayed out at the beach for almost 2 hours. It was all bonus time as far as we were concerned. The sun and warmth were unexpected, but there's no way we weren't going to take advantage of them.
Around 2:30 we were getting tired (it was an early morning) and wondering what we had time to do next. As much as going back to the room to veg on the balcony would match my energy it seemed lame. So we pulled out our maps and looked for things to do nearby. We found a cluster of points of interest just to the east: Halona Blowhole, Sandy Beach, and the Lanai Lookout. We packed our hiking bags, got the car out the garage, dropped the top, and went off in search of (more) adventure.
After those three visits we were pretty wiped. And hungry. We stopped for dinner on the way back at the Kona Brewing Company in Hawaii Kai. Mmm, trying a half-dozen local brews was good. My surprise favorite was the Koko Brown toasted coconut brown ale. The sweetness of the coconut was just the right counterpart to the nutty flavors of the brown ale.
We wrapped up the day back near the hotel a food truck that serves a specialty called rolled ice cream. We'd seen them across the street from the food truck where we ate lunch— but the rolled ice cream is only available 3 hours a day as it's labor intensive. It's freshly made for each order!
Now as it's late at night we're winding down. Today has been our last full day here. Tomorrow we need to leave for the airport no later than 10, which probably means starting to the car no later than 9. We'll see if we can get in a brief visit to the beach first thing in the morning!
Waikiki, Honolulu HI - Mon, 27 Dec 2021, 10pm
Today's our last day in Hawaii, and it's been a busy one. We started the day early with a visit to Diamond Head. We thought we'd beat the crowds by arriving around 7:30 but we were already almost too late. 😳 We hiked to the rim of Diamond Head then drove back to the hotel to eat lunch at a nearby food truck.
As of last night the weather forecast for today was sunny early in the morning and cloudy the rest of the day. Mother Nature had other plans and kept the sun out all day, so we took advantage by going out to the beach after lunch. On the way out I took this picture of the Hyatt Regency Waikiki (right/above). Our room is on the side mostly facing the camera, middle, 14th floor.We stayed out at the beach for almost 2 hours. It was all bonus time as far as we were concerned. The sun and warmth were unexpected, but there's no way we weren't going to take advantage of them.
Around 2:30 we were getting tired (it was an early morning) and wondering what we had time to do next. As much as going back to the room to veg on the balcony would match my energy it seemed lame. So we pulled out our maps and looked for things to do nearby. We found a cluster of points of interest just to the east: Halona Blowhole, Sandy Beach, and the Lanai Lookout. We packed our hiking bags, got the car out the garage, dropped the top, and went off in search of (more) adventure.
After those three visits we were pretty wiped. And hungry. We stopped for dinner on the way back at the Kona Brewing Company in Hawaii Kai. Mmm, trying a half-dozen local brews was good. My surprise favorite was the Koko Brown toasted coconut brown ale. The sweetness of the coconut was just the right counterpart to the nutty flavors of the brown ale.
We wrapped up the day back near the hotel a food truck that serves a specialty called rolled ice cream. We'd seen them across the street from the food truck where we ate lunch— but the rolled ice cream is only available 3 hours a day as it's labor intensive. It's freshly made for each order!
Now as it's late at night we're winding down. Today has been our last full day here. Tomorrow we need to leave for the airport no later than 10, which probably means starting to the car no later than 9. We'll see if we can get in a brief visit to the beach first thing in the morning!