For the first time this trip, we needed to get up very, very early to catch a flight – 4.30 a.m. We made it on time, only to find out that instead of a 5 or 6 hour flight, we’d actually be flying for over 10 hours. But that included stops on Majuro, Kwajalein and […]
People often say that the journey is more important than the destination, and for the road to Hana, this is certainly true. With 617 turns and 56 one-lane bridges, this is not a road for those who easily get car sick. Hana itself is nothing more than 3 streets, a tiny black sand beach in […]
Yesterday we had a fairly quiet day: doing our laundry for the first time, and lying on the small beach next to our hotel, reading a book. In the evening we went to the visitor’s centre of the Mauna Kea Observatories, to look at the stars. The view was excellent and the ranger did a […]
I am writing this while waiting for our flight to the Big Island, which unfortunately leaves from a tine terminal with nowhere to eat – dinner is coke/water & too salty chips tonight! Today we climbed the Diamond Head crater for a wonderful view of Honolulu & environment, and after that we visited another crater: […]
