• Big Island, Hawaii

    Wow are those waves ever loud outside the lanai!  Crashing all night long!   Today we had breakfast by the pool.  The hotel provided a great breakfast … including fresh sliced pineapple, and mango juice.  Very casual atmosphere here.     Today we headed to Pu’uhonua O Honoaunau National Historical Park.  This is a sacred…

  • Oahu, Hawaii

    Today we decided that we would head to the North Shore and actually go swimming in the ocean.  Before getting there, we stopped at the Waikele Premium Outlets for a bit of shopping at Crazy Shirts.  Across the street was a Leonards Jr.’s Malasada wagon.  Malasadas are deep fried dough balls that melts in your…

  • Oahu, Hawaii

    Another day in paradise.  I woke up early again.  My body has not adjusted to the time change yet.  I got dressed and headed to the Saint Germaine bakery to pick up breakfast. We did some research and decided that we wanted to explore Honolulu’s Chinatown.  What an interesting place.  We walked around and experienced…

  • Oahu, Hawaii

    Hi Everyone!  This is Karen posting this blog.  (Dorothy is busy posting the blog from Saturday). The day started out pretty relaxing.  Opened up the hotel room curtains to see a beautiful view of the Ali Wai canal and the mountains.  After a few hours of watching “American TV”, we were off to Denny’s for…