Hawaii Day 2 (Honolulu)

My laptop is grinding away on experiments, so I'm taking some time out here and blogging about that holiday in Hawaii. I'll try to get it all written down before it's a distant memory...

Second day was fairly busy. We visited the Honolulu Zoo, primarily because it was within walking distance and it has been a long, long time since I went to a zoo. I thoroughly enjoyed it, even if the animals were often in hiding and parts of the zoo were under construction. There was a particular group of monkeys that were extremely loud and active - it was a hoot! (Pun partially intended). I found it fun just to watch them casually swing around their "play pen".

After the zoo was lunch, and then time at the beach. As always, the water at the beach is a little bit cooler than you expect (we spoil ourselves in Canada with really warm showers and baths), but the sun and pleasant air temperature helps warm you while swimming. Waikiki Beach has a large area protected by a wall that is great for just paddling around in; even if you can't swim you can still enjoy yourself as much of it is only waist deep.

Dinner was a bit of a mess. If you find a place that you like the look of, then I recommend lining up and waiting for it. We found a few places that were decent, and tried each of them in turn (looking for the shortest line). By the time we'd finished doing all that, we could gotten into our first pick. After dinner it was a quick walk back to the Royal Grove to sleep.

Note that, for the entire day, we didn't cover more than about 8 blocks. Finding a hotel near Waikiki Beach means that you won't have to walk very far. Many of the regular hotels are a fair walk from the beach; I'd recommend trying to get something cheap and as close to the beach as possible.

P.S. In those 8 blocks we found about 9 ABC stores... One of which was advertising the opening of a new store nearby...

P.P.S. Sore throat evolves into a small cough on this day.