Today we woke up at 5:00 am in order to catch our flight to Honolulu leaving at 7:40 am. We unfortunately had to say our goodbyes to Mary and Ed, and after we ate a quick breakfast, we had to leave for the Portland Airport. Our flight was on Alaska Airlines and we got into Honolulu six hours later at 11:00 am (2:00 pm PST). Our next friend awaiting us in Honolulu, Ann, was there to meet and and take us around Oahu. We first ate lunch at Denny's and a sushi bar. Then, after we dropped off our luggage at her house, we went to Diamond Head for the one mile hike up to the top of the summit. While this walk was pretty easy for me, for my out of shape mom, it was a whole different story. She had to take lots of stops along the way, but we made it to the top nonetheless. With our one hour twenty minute hike complete, we went out to dinner at a local bowling alley and had some delicious desserts. Afterwards, we both fell straight to sleep, still not used to the Hawaiian time zone yet. Don't miss out on tomorrow's update, our first day on the Radiance of the Seas saling to Tahiti, New Zealand, and Australia!
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| About to leave the rainy weather in Portland |
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| The Columbia River |
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| Airplane Cookie |
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| The Beautiful Pacific Ocean |
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| The island of Maui (The Big Island of Hawaii is barely visible behind it) |
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| Molokai with Maui behind it |
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| The Hawaiian island Lanai |
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| Turquoise beach of Lanai |
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| Oahu at Last! |
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| Battleships near Pearl Harbor |
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| Honolulu Airport |
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| Nice Scenery at Honolulu Airport |
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| Aloha! |
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| Mom and I wearing our Leis |
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| Which Way to get to Honolulu? |
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| Mom with her Lei |
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| Diamond Head and Waikiki Beach |
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| Here we are! |
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| The beginning of the trail leading up to the Summit of Diamond Head |
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| People on top of the Summit |
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| Looking down from where we started (we're about 1/3 of the ways up) |
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| A 76 stair climb to an... |
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| Upward inclining cave followed by a... |
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| 99 steep stair climb which is followed by a... |
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| Rotating Staircase climb, then finally... |
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| The Summit at Last! A view of Waikiki Beach and Downtown Honolulu. |
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| Another view of Waikiki Beach. |
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| The houses go right into the Mountains |
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| Our starting point from the summit (560 ft. up) |
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| View from the Summit of Diamond Head |
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| Downtown Honolulu |
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| A Red-Crested Cardinal at Diamond Head State Park |
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| A Pink Plumiera |
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| Dessert! Lemon Crisp and Pumpkin Crisp Cakes! |
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