Next day after I got married we flew to Hawaii. Of course it was
not expedition or adventure travel, it was just leisure travel as one could expect
from a honeymoon trip. Our travel agent booked the trip. She found quite good
hotels. It was package tour. We made one restriction for her - we wanted to visit
as many islands as possible. We did not have to arrange anything, we just arrived
to Honolulu and somebody was waiting to help us.
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The first part was in Island of Oahu.
We stayed in Waikiki (Moana Surfrider Hotel) a few meters from the beach
and shopping centers.
We did not rent car on Oahu Island - we depended on buses provided by tour
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The first tour was visit to Polynesian
Cultural Center in North-East part of the island. |
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Next day there was bus tour around
the island and viewing Honolulu from sea. |
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Second island the we visited was
Maui.
This time we rented car so we could travel according to our own schedule.
We had four wheel drive car. One stupid thing that car rental company requested
was not to drive on unpaved roads. Why would we rent SUV, if we did not
intend to use it on difficult roads?! |
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This time we stayed in
Ritz-Carlton
in Kapalua. The hotel stayed to its reputation though we were unable
to use its all amenities - too much time was spent seeing the island.
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We could not resist climbing on top of Haleakala
(in car) to see sunrise. |
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We drove Hana Road in South-Eastern
part of the island. |
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Next stop was in
Hilton, Waikoloa
Village, Big Island. My
belly was no match for Buda although I tried hard. |
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Mauna Kea Astronomical Observatory was our first
point of interest that day followed by
Hawaii Volcanoes
National Park.
I attempted in vain to remove rock a rock from my way - click on the
picture to the right to see details. |
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Next day we visited Hawaii Tropical
Botanical Garden and then northeastern part of the island. We tried some
off road adventure. It was fun to drive on a very steep and narrow path.
We did no rush too much. A white Jeep passed us, we move on side to facilitate
passing. A few minutes later the Jeep was stuck in mud in front of us. We
did not have any rope, winch or any other tool to dig him out. The only
way we could help him was to lend the driver cellular phone to call tow
truck. We did not attempt to go any farther: if comparable class SUV was
stuck, we could be stuck as well. It would be unpleasant thing to happen
to a rented car. |
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Last island that we
had seen was Kauai. We were short on time and we spent only two days there.
We stayed at the Sheraton in Poipu.
Beata did not like the picture of sunset. I added it to the page anyway.
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