Kia ora Whanau!On Tuesday August 3, my three girls and I headed over to Hawai'i for a holiday!
We left Dunedin on the 7am flight - temperature around 3 degrees C and arrived in Honolulu at around 10pm Monday night to a temperature of 25 degrees!!
Lovely and hot - everyday all day!! Ideal place to swim and surf!
We stayed at the Ocean Resort on Paokalani Avenue, in Waikiki - near the Zoo
Highlights:
- Driving around the island and visiting the beaches along the way - stunning scenery!
- Malasada from Leonards
- Pali Lookout!
- Learning an Hawaiian string figure from Kalani (Orion - Tautoru for us!)
- Meeting up with my cousin Aroha French at the PCC and watching the kapa haka group from home practice!
- The Planetarium at the Bishop: learning about the stars in the Northern Hemisphere
- The Ku display at the Bishop
- Kahanamoku (The Duke) on the strip & at the Bishop!
- Hawaain food from ONO!!
- The PCC, canoe pageant and the night show HA (fire-dancers are amazing!)
- The Samoan Village/Show - making fire!
- The SWAPMEET at Aloha Stadium
- Ala Moana Foodcourt and Mall!
The pig - Luau
Ali'i luau at the PCC - lovely food!
Part of the canoe pageant at the PCC!
The PCC
The PCC -
Awesome place to visit! The Samoan village was funny as! - fire-making and milk from Coconuts! Did i say that it was hot? The sweat was trickling down from head to toe! The canoe pageant was well done - but the night show was just awesome!
The Pali Lookout: what a sight/site! Awe-inspiring -battle site! One can only imagine what that battle was like!
Pali lookout
Pali lookout
Pali Lookout
Around the island!
Bishop Museum: KU display!
Malasada from Leonards on Kapahulu!
Iolani Palace
The DUKE - Kahanamoku - from whom Aunty Lottie received her name Lotomua
Can't remember the name of this place!
BYU Hawai'i Campus
