The Koko Cafe

...Continued from yesterday:
     On most nights during our stay at the Hale Koa we had dinner at our favorite of the hotel's several restaurants, the Koko Cafe, which looks out over the ocean,

...could always quickly and easily accommodate all eleven of us,

...serves a great glass of iced tea,

...and offers the best dinner buffet  on the planet.

    Baked potato bar

   Alaskan King Crab Legs

     And then there were the desserts,

...and the ice cream sundae bar.

    After dinner a walk was usually in order.

    On Wednesday night the youngsters walked into downtown Waikiki,

...and afterwards those who didn't have children to put to bed came back to hang for a while at the Barefoot Bar, the Hale Koa's beach-side bar.

     Tom and I opted to walk along the beach,

...where Diamond Head looked surreal in the light of the setting sun.

       Then we cut over from the beach to the street,

...and walked to the Halekulani Hotel.

     We went out to the hotel's patio bar to see if by chance the wonderful Hawaiian trio we'd hear play there on our last visit to Honolulu might still be there.  As it turned out that same band was playing, but they were on break when we arrived.
     A few minutes after we were seated on the patio it began to rain. The wait staff immediately rushed out to the patio with dozens of umbrellas, enough to keep all the patrons dry.

     After the rain stopped the Hawaiian trio returned to the stage,

...and were soon joined by a wonderful hula dancer.

     We stayed until the band finished their set, then we walked back,       

...to the Hale Koa.