After many, many hours in airports and in planes I arrived in Waikiki, Hawaii. Waikiki is about 30min from Honolulu and definitely caters to beach lovers and Japanese tourists! Many menus and advertisements are written in English and Japanese.
When I first arrived I checked into the HI hostel, unpacked as much as I could seeing as there were no closets, hooks or surfaces to lay anything out. Then I headed to the nearest restaurant "La Cucuracha" where I are some tasty tacos and beer! Then straight to bed!
Wednesday morning I wasted little time finding myself a nice breakfast special and then got quickly acquainted with the local bus system on Oahu called "TheBus" (which I have to say I love because all their busses are painted with rainbows)! I decided to start right away and hike diamond head which is just outside the city and gives a wonderful panoramic view of the ocean, Honolulu and mountain ranges. Upon my decent I was going to continue to Hanauma bay but ended up waiting a lot of time trying to figure out the buses so decided to continue North on the bus up to Sea Life Park! Spent about 45min there then jumped back on the bus back to Waikiki.
On Thursday I had to switch hostels - which I was not keen on doing (especially since I had to carry my full pack about 10 blocks) but I am so glad that things worked out the way they did. I am now at the Seaside Hostel and the staff are SO much more helpful and the set up is much more conducive to meeting people. I have meet people of all ages from all over the world and all have been super kind and willing to share and chat! It has made me much more comfortable with the idea of traveling this way for the next 2 months.
So Thursday is when I went to Hanauma bay to go snorkeling. I didn't spend as much time in the water as I thought I would but I think I saw all there was to see.
This morning I got up early and went to Pearl Harbour, on my return I walked the length of Waikiki beach to the aquarium so I could try and take pictures of the fish I saw yesterday!
So the arrival and first few full days have been good, full of sun and little adventures! Check back soon for my report on my trip to the North Shore and my time on the Big Island!
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