Waikiki: First Impressions

Considering it took me 25 hours to get to India and 8 hours to get to the UK, a 5 hour flight should be aoece of cake, but for some reason it dragged on and on. It might have seemed so long becuase there was a lack of inflight entertainment. It's sad but true. I did my best to pass the time reading, playing bejeweled, and sleeping. Even with the window seat there wasn't anything but ocean and clouds to look at, granted the clouds were pretty cool. 

We landed in Honolulu ahead of schedule and luckily our ride was there waiting for us the only problem is they had the wrong hotel. They tried to drop us off at a different one and as it was we had to walk around the block in order to get to the hostel we were staying at. Check-in there went fine and we went up to our room and were greeted by two fellow hostelers. The hostel wasn't what I was expecting. A little more run down than what I was hoping for or at least use to. It's slightly better than the hostel in Scotland but only becuase that hostel didn't have a working bathroom light! But it works for our needs of a bed a luggage storage. 

The journey had left us hungry, and on the way to the hostel we had seen a few restaurants, so we started walking I. The direction. We thought they were in. Now, I usually have the worse sense of directions but my instincts in Hawaii are pretty good, but they're not perfect. I was tired of walking and we decided the Chilys was fine to eat at. Of course after we enjoyed our meal we walked back to the hostel and saw the restaurants we had been aiming for. 

The only thing left to do was to hit the beach! Slathered in sunscreen we headed for the shores of Waikiki. Busy, but not overly crowded. For such fame, the beach is rather small. The water was warm, nothing like the Oregon coast! The signs warning of jellyfish made me a little on edge but I enjoy the waves. 

The rest of the evening was spent enjoying the sand and surf before having dinner, subway sandwiches, over looking the beach as we geared up for the hulu show. We had a bit of a damper on the show when a kid got sand all over Dad, but the hula show was pretty awesome. It was nice to listen to the music and hear the waves in the background. Not to mention the hula dancing as the sun set over Waikiki.