Today was our last day in Hawaii. Tomorrow morning we pack up and fly back.
We took a cab out to Diamond Head Crater first thing in the morning. Diamond head was originally named Lehai until the British solders renamed it in 1968. The hike up diamond head was a lot of fun. It was a 2 hr 1.5 mile hike with lots of different terrains, some of it was paved other parts were not, lots of stairs and beautiful scenery. It was exhausting but worth it. The trip down is a lot easier than the trip up. At the end of the hike there’s an abandoned military bunker. It would’ve been fun to explore it but it was fenced off.
After I headed out to my daily trip to the Ala Moana Mall then went to meet up with the rest of my group at Don Quijote for lunch. Didn’t spend much time at the mall or Don Quijote this time. Just a quick in and out.
We headed back to the hotel and lounged around for a while then met up with my mom’s hula sister. On the way out we found a market that set up in our hotel. We made plans to check that out later. We headed out to china town. There wasn’t much to see there, nothing was open and it seemed a little run down. We checked out the Daisio and headed back out again.
We stoped by Don Quijote because my mom’s hula sister didn’t have the chance to go and this is a must do if you’re in the area. We took her around and gave her the “Cliff Notes” version of a tour. The market at our hotel was pretty cool. They had produce and makers were selling their wares. Some of the stuff you might be able to find at a gift shop or maybe flea market. The hand made stuff was really cool. We bought a couple of desert items and fruit for tomorrow.
For dinner we went back to the Udon shop then it was back up to the room for the night. This has been my favorite restaurant this trip.
This trip has been a crazy lot of fun. This is my first trip since Covid and much needed. Most of the time we travel with a group and tours are scheduled so I don’t really get a lot of time to really explore on my own. This is the first time I’ve been able to go out and about at my own pace and it has been a blast! Not to mention how convenient the public transportation is around here. On a few of our past trips we’ve booked a few days to ourselves and had ran out of things to do. Not here! I’ve been here for almost a week and I’m still finding new places to go and new things to do. Hawaii has been amazing and I definitely want to come back again.
Until next time, Hawaii
Aloha ‘oe
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