Tuesday afternoon

I enjoyed walking back towards the Moana Surfrider, where we would be picked up by the shuttle on the ¼ past the hour, whenever we were ready to go. I thought I’d go over to the beach from there, but when I walked down “surfboard alley” to the beach, I realised I’d forgotten it was mainly restricted to hotel access, with unsheltered sand on the other side. I didn’t feel like walking a mile back to the access to the other end of the beach by then, so a slight change of plans and I’ll go back tomorrow. I did go into the Cheesecake Factory to use the restroom; a bit sad that unless I find someone else who wants to sample the amazing creations with me tomorrow, there’s no point doing it on my own, as the portions are huge and taking a doggy bag back on board would be rather superfluous! The plan for tomorrow is to catch a trolley to Ala Moana first, because I didn’t get there today and then from there a trolley to the beach, this time down the friendly end!

It was quite a wait for the shuttle but I was back on board by about 2.45 and just had some afternoon tea and relaxed with my book on Lido deck. I’m happy that it’s actually not necessary for me to spend every moment running around Honolulu, especially as I have an excursion booked for each of the other four islands.

Dinner was just Anita and Dorothy and me; probably Debbie needed a night off from managing her parents through the meal. Tonight there was a Polynesian Drums concert, which was more about the fast style of hula dancing, as well as warriors doing their intimidating stuff. Being “Polynesian” they included Fijian, Tahitian and then New Zealand dancing – the latter was a skilful poi dance, followed by a pathetic imitation of the haka!