Hawaii, Day 4

 By yesterday morning Dom and I both had sore throats – thanks to international travel, I think. There were some overtly unwell passengers on our flight out. I made it through with some throat lozenges, but sadly Dom was quite unwell.

He soldiered into action for a morning trip to the Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor. Whilst we arrived at 9am, and were given the next available tickets to the boat trip to the Arizona, it was not available until 11.45am. We weren’t interested in waiting that long and so toured the site ourselves, reading much of the story boards and seeing the relics. It was a moving experience, even without the Arizona, which we’ll see next time. I think that taking an official tour would help, or perhaps pre-booking, but I’ll look into that before we go back again.

The weather has been really lovely. Day time temperatures are around 30 degrees, and at night it is about 24 degrees. Balmy. Idyllic.

I spent the afternoon checking out the shops at Ala Moana, a large shopping centre close to our hotel. The prices were excellent, and it was difficult to decide what to take home. Designer labels were affordable – not something you come across in Australia.

We spent a quiet moment at our hotel pool, which was very pleasant, and then joined M & J at a teppanyaki restaurant in downtown Waikiki for dinner, followed by drinks back at the Yard House.