• Oahu – Diamond Head & Hanauma Bay

    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: […]

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  • Oahu – Hiking

    First (webcam) contact was made this morning with Miek’s parents! W00T! While having brekkie we hooked up the laptop and webcam and coincidentally Miek’s parents were online too. A first opportunity to wave at each other.. 🙂 After breakfast (Miek just had to have pancakes at IHOP) we drove up north to the start of […]

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  • Oahu – Boats & Beach

    Today it was time to act like true American tourists, so we visited Pearl Harbor – and we used a coupon to get a discount on the entrance fee! The visit of the Bowfin submarine was surprisingly interesting, with a nice guided audio tour. Some free advice: never take the top bunk bed if you’re […]

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  • Oahu – First day in Paradise

    Well, we now know why Hawaiian number plates all feature rainbows: because it rains a lot here! But there also is a lot of sun, at least if you’re on the right side of the island, so that means almost 24/7 rainbows. Who cares. We’re still in Hawaii and we’re still starting a year long […]

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