I spent some time at Starbucks on wifi, the first free access for over a
week. On the way, my knees had an unpleasant meeting with the kerb; however,
prayer and Grace Massage Cream are helping! So I decided that I needed to limit
today’s adventure to either Waikiki or Ala Moana Shopping Centre; I was happy
that I’d been to Waikiki yesterday, to I had fun walking around Ala Moana. As
the guide described it – every woman’s shopping heaven: every man’s shopping
nightmare! It’s no longer cheap shopping in Honolulu, as it was not so long
ago. The main players, Macy’s and Nordstrom and the designer shops are
super-pricey but the small outlets aren’t cheap either: bottom line is, the
tourist dollar is still easy to get hold of, so the shop owners are doing
better than they used to. I had an interesting experience when I showed
interest in a very pretty pearl ring 14kt gold. Of course you can never see the
price till you ask - $549, reduced to $315! When I didn’t want to pay that, it
kept going down till it reached $150 – I would have bought it but she didn’t
have my size. Then she showed me another one, very pretty and it fitted, with
two tiny diamonds $979: that ended up $250, but that’s way more (in $US) than I
was prepared to spend. Oh well, it was nice looking anyway! Most of the pearl
rings these days are big and clumsy, but this was the first time I’d seen
something more delicate.
We had a chatty shuttle driver on the way back to the ship who gave us a
commentary all the way, going through Ala Moana Park, where we could see Ala
Moana Beach. We also went past the place where they launched Gilligan’s
ill-fated voyage to the Island with the Skipper, the Professor and Harriet and
all the rest. :o) Of course, a chatty driver means you tip him
for being nice – that’s the way they make a living here and he deserved it.
The weather today? Well, some bursts of sunshine and blue, blue water,
but more often it clouded; every now and again there would be the lightest rain
– they call it “powder rain” not really enough to wet you and really quite
pleasant.
Sailaway was 6.00pm while we were at dinner; lots of dinner guests
wearing their new acquired Hawaiian attire!
These are 2 of my table mates, Anita and Dorothy.
Okay, so it’s a bit of a stretch of the imagination, but this is a
koala!
These are 2 of my table mates, Anita and Dorothy.
Funny story – tonight there was a competition: guess which of the 3
pairs of earrings are real pearls. So I picked “1” but I put in 3 entries, one
for each choice, just in case. Well, they separated them and “1” was the
correct answer and my name got pulled out! So I won a $20 bracelet – nice!
Thank you, Lord, for lovely little surprises!
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