It is hard to believe that a month has gone by already. We had some beautiful sea days and a couple of rough sea days that really unbalanced Jeff but he made it through. We were in Hawaii on the 16th and 17th and then we set sail for another 5 days to reach French Polynesia. So that will be in Week 5’s blog.
Hawaii was beautiful and the weather had sprinkles in the afternoon but no real rain to disrupt our excursions/activities. We were docked in Honolulu which allowed us to walk right to the center of the city. The area was very safe and we were near the medical offices associated with the University of Hawaii. Our first day we took the Scenic Oahu island tour. It was really nice as we were able to see and photograph many of the beaches and land formations on the island. We even had some “excitement” when we stopped at our lookout point. We get to the parking area and saw rescue vehicles and a helicopter. A person had ignored the do not go past this point signs and, with the high winds, somehow was injured. They were trying to get him off the mountain side. On the third helicopter attempt they were able to drop a fireman to prep the party for evacuation. Winds up the side of the mountain were 50-60 mph. When we returned to the ship we decided to walk to Iolani Palace and the iconic police office and Hawaiian king statue. These are often shown in Hawaii 5 O and Magnum PI. We were too late to tour the museum and see the quilt made by the last queen while she was under house arrest by the US government.
Aloha Tower at night
Coastal Oahu
Coastal Oahu
Rescue Area
Start of “no trespass area” that the person enteredHonolulu, Hawaii
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