The delegation from Kariya, Japan came last week for their visit to Canada. In case I haven’t mentioned this on here before (or did I on another blog…?), but I was busy helping out with preparations for their visit. I really have to thank Yuka for responding to my SOS email. I was in charge of preparing name tags and compiling a list of free events to visit that week. Aside from other typing duties, I was also asked to…
Day 6 began with an early morning wake up call as we headed out for our Big Island tour. I wasn’t too happy being up at the crack of dawn, but I was excited to go island hopping for the day. Our shuttle picked us up at the hotel and we were dropped off at Honolulu Airport. After getting our passes sorted, we waited about an hour before getting called to the gates. The flight to Hilo would last 45…
Day 5 begins with an hour long bus ride to a must-see spot in Honolulu – Pearl Harbor. I’m not a big history buff, nor was I ever taught WWII from an American perspective, so I must admit I”m not all that familiar with Pearl Harbor. Knowing only the basics, I couldn’t fully comprehend what took place there so many years ago. Perhaps it’s more sentimental to all the American and Japanese tourists that were there. While we packed lightly…
Well it’s been a couple weeks, but I’m finally getting around to finishing all my Hawaii entries. (3 down, 3 to go). I have to take advantage of this 4-day weekend to finish these up or else I’ll probably put it off for another month. =P +++ So starting off fresh with Day 4 – our day of snorkeling. It took a long time to get the hang of the equipment and avoid scrapes off the razor sharp coral, but…
Day 3 took us back to Waikiki. Armed with our list of touristy things to do, we set off for our first attraction – the Diamond Head Crater. It was smart we decided to do the climb the first thing in the morning, or else we would have roasted trying to make our way to the top in the scorching sun. The sky was clear and the temperature was moderate, so the weather was perfect for the hike. The Bus…