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Aloha Hawai'i, Then On To More Sunshine

5/16/2022

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​ALOHA HAWAI'I, THEN ON TO MORE SUNSHINE

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​...Continued from previous post:
     
On Thursday we were up before sunrise to drive to the eastern coast of the island, 
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…for another visit to beautiful Lanikai Beach.  (See post from 4/25/2022, ​https://www.ailantha.com/blog/beautiful-lanikai-beach)
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…where I once again left the swimming and snorkeling to the others while I waded in the surf and snapped the scenery.
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     On our way back to Honolulu we had to stop to take in the views from an overlook  along the highway.
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      The following day, Friday, was our last day in O'ahu. Tom and I took a final walk into downtown Waikiki by way of the Maile Garden, one of the botanical gardens on the grounds of the Hale Koa that opens to Waikiki,
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...the beach,
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...then on to the city.
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      This day we walked a mile and a half down Kalakaua Avenue,
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...to Kūhiō Beach Park, a popular stretch of Waikiki Beach, 
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...where the beach and the water were so crowded that I couldn't understand the attraction of the place,
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...unless maybe for some folks the crowd is the attraction.
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       However Romaine and Stanley, in searching out a spot for a final round of snorkeling, discovered Sans Souci Beach, just a half-mile past crowded Kūhiō Beach, where there were few people and, they said, the snorkeling was wonderful,  even better that day, they thought, than either Lanikai Beach or Shark's Cove.
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      On Friday night we walked next door to the Hilton Hawaiian Village,
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...for dinner at the Hatsuhana restaurant,
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...where we had some great sushi.
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...and fish.
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      After dinner we took a last walk along the stretch of Waikiki that we came to think of as "our" beach.
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...then once more around the grounds of the Hale Koa.
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     The following morning, Saturday morning, April 16, Tom and I said our good-byes to Romaine and Stanley  then we joined those travelers saying their alohas to the Hale Koa.
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    We said our alohas, too,
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...then left for the Honolulu airport.
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     But our aloha to Hawaii wasn't as sad as it might have been, since we were not flying straight home to Columbus, but would spend a week in Los Angeles, enjoying the beautiful sunshine there.
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4 Comments
Tony Oppegard
5/16/2022 10:25:47 pm

Did you see many rainbows? Lovely photos, Patti !

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Patti
5/17/2022 05:33:07 am

Hi, Tony, thanks! No, I don’t recall seeing any rainbows, I expect because it didn’t rain while we were there - I think we were about at the end of the rainy season. Nice to hear from you, Tony, be well! Glad you enjoyed the photos!

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Sheila Reinhard
5/17/2022 02:35:49 pm

When I saw the picture looking across the water to the island, I immediately started singing "Bali Hai" from South Pacific. Am I showing my age?

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Patti
5/17/2022 05:36:50 pm

LOL!! O course not! You're showing your knowledge of classic Rodgers and Hammerstein!

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