February 19, 2007 Waikiki

This morning we had our breakfast in another restaurant in our hotel called “Shogun.” It is directly above the Oceanarium and overlooks the top of the aquarium. It served the same basics as the downstairs buffet, but deleted some of the frills and replaced them with a lot of Japanese dishes like fish and noodles. Carla and Tyler would love it.

At 9 we left on a bus tour to Pearl Harbour. We had to be at the Arizona Memorial early to get our tickets, and then we were free to check out the visitor centre and nearby exhibits around the submarine USS Bowfin. The Arizona tour began with a very good film and segued into a boat ride out to the memorial. There really isn’t much to see at the memorial except for a list posted in a sort of chapel of those who died. And it’s a good thing too, because there are so many people that it would really ball things up if there were exhibits to encourage people to hang around.

There was much more to see, including the battleship USS Missouri, where the Japanese surrender took place at the end of WW II, and a museum at the Bowfin. However, our time was limited and we departed for a tour of the downtown. There we heard about some island history and observed some historic and government buildings, including this royal palace. Our tour ended with a bunwich at a place that looked kind of familiar when we pulled up. Yup, I was right. Maui Divers again. The bunwich was OK, but I would have preferred chocolates.

We got back to the hotel at 3 and Celeste turned on the TV. They were running trailers for their movie channel and we got hooked watching them. It took us an hour to get through them all. We then went out walking again, grabbed some supper, and finally returned to the hotel at 8 and soon went to bed due to an early morning tomorrow.