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Hawaii

Halloween Nightmare: Put a warning on this!

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This post contains information that may be too much for sensitive readers. It was Halloween 2022, and we were in Honolulu, so I thought I’d celebrate our day in Waikiki with this particular ice cream. Day 34; Happy Halloween In Honolulu I’m comfortable discussing bodily functions, but Louise is appalled by that. So, I will try to be as discreet as I can.     So, there I am, on the plane to New Zealand, minding my own business, when I glance down and—BAM!—my poop is black. Not dark brown, not “maybe that’s just the lighting” dark, but full-on, no-holds-barred…

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Around the world

Our Magnificent Around the World in 85 days

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This is the story of our 85-day trip around the world going westward. We started our trip on September 28, 2022, and arrived home on December 21, 2022, in time for Christmas – 20 plane legs later. I hope you’ll join us on this journey, and you can join us on our adventures by going to DAY ONE or joining at any point by looking at the individual days listed to the right. You may have to scroll down a little. We’d miss travelling since Covid, but that wasn’t the reason. Last June, having turned 70 recently and seeing health…

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Package Deals for Maui - A Good Decision or Not

Package Deals for Maui – A Good Decision or Not

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I have mixed feelings about package deals. Sometimes I love them, and sometimes I avoid them like the plague. I planned to fly over immediately to Maui upon arrival in Honolulu to stay for a few days before flying back for the last few days on O’ahu Island before going to New Zealand. After booking the flight with Hawaiian Airlines, the opportunity came up to book a car and accommodation. Usually, I am a little reluctant to do so as you pay upfront and are then committed.  I had been booking and changing so much for other places that I…

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Halloween In Honolulu with Marilyn and Elvis

Day 34 – Happy Halloween In Honolulu

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Halloween is a big deal in the states, but it seems to take on a new meaning here in Waikiki. People started in the stores dressing up the day before. Families appear to come out with their little kids to all the stores with a little bucket of candy they give out. Everyone seems to dress up whether they are going to a party or not. However, it seems to get a little rowdy once the kids are gone. The police are out keeping a watchful eye. From Hugh Hefner to Bette Midler to Marilyn and Elvis you can see…

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The Pearl Hotel Waikiki

Pearl Hotel Waikiki – A Better Budget Choice

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It was a big step down to the Pearl Hotel Waikiki after almost two weeks in fabulous accommodations with king-size beds. Maui was expensive, but Honolulu and Waikiki are probably worse. Even though it’s considered somewhat off-season for a good hotel, it’s $300-$350 a night, and we did get a much better deal. But there is a $35 amenity charge per night, no matter where you stay.  We encountered a similar tourist tax in Las Vegas, except that we stayed off the strip to avoid this charge. Benefits of The Pearl Hotel Waikiki The Pearl Hotel is something out of…

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Golden Circle Tour

Day 32 – The Golden Circle Tour of O’ahu

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Renting a car in Honolulu is costly; parking alone is $35 a night at the hotel. Others told us we didn’t have a car, as buses could go all around the island. No one told us it would be hours and hours going around the island. I convinced Louise to take the Golden Circle Tour of O‘ahu, which meant getting up a little earlier than we liked. It was nine hours long, had 12 stops, and was inexpensive. They did advertize that they would pick us up at our hotel, but they didn’t.  The meeting point was only a five-minute…

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Beaches

Day 31 – Beaches, Shaved Ice and Mais Tais

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I wouldn’t say I like the heat here, and it’s not even hot compared to what it can be in the summer. I have fallen in love with shaved ice; They’re way better than mai tais and perfect in this heat. They’re very popular here, and they are pretty good. It reminds me of the first time I ever experienced a snowcone at Expo 67 in Montréal. Today our goal was to walk along the beaches. We picked up a couple of chairs and an umbrella and sat on the beach. We did a little dip in the water, but…

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Package Deals for Maui - A Good Decision or Not

Day 30 – Sadly, Our Time In Maui Is Ending

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No pictures today of Maui except for the one down towards Waikiki Beach. We checked out of our lovely place in Piaha at 10 AM and had a few hours before our flight left at 3 PM. We went and rechecked the surfers for a bit of a while at Ho’okipa Beach Park. Ho’okipa Lookout For watching the surfers and epic surf, Ho’okipa Lookout is the place to be. The lookout is on the edge of a cliff overlooking “Pavilions” – the popular surfing-end of the beach. Conditions permitting, more adventurous folks walk down toward the tip of the rocky…

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Haleakala National Park 

Day 29 – Haleakala National Park, Maui

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Today’s adventure was to Haleakala National Park, with a top altitude of 10,023 feet. That is quite a climb when you think that we started from the ocean, practically at sea level, to climb up 10k feet through many winding hairpin turns. I must say the road is in excellent condition. We went in and out of the various low-lying cloud layers. Sometimes, we were in heavy mist, and it was like rain and other times, blazing sun. We made our way up to the volcano crater and took a short walk to look down and see the magnificent sight….

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Snorkelling in Maui

Day 28 – Snorkelling in Maui

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Surf’s up! Or should I say surfs down? Finally, the perfect day for snorkelling. No pictures of me snorkelling as I was too busy doing it all morning. I must confess it was not quite as good as the Cook Islands, but other than Niue, what is? Snorkelling in Maui I am certainly not complaining as we saw a large variety of fish, including some that are not found only in Hawaiian waters, such as potters angelfish, saddle rice, Hawaiian hogfish, white spotted Toby, bullet head parrot fish, surgeonfish, blue stripe butterfly fish, millet head butterfly fish, and brown surgeon…

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