Waikiki - Day 6

Today our stay on Hawai'i came to an end. Here is a picture of the house that the Lopers were nice enough to let us share with them. It was a petty darn good view of the harbor which saw a fair number of cruise ships.



On last stop to get some Coffee and we were off.


The Kona airport is far from the monstrosity that are the mainland airports. Almost the entire airport is outdoors.


Once we landed back in Honolulu, we stopped in a a Rose-Hulman Alumni Reception being hosted for the alumni in the area. Met some really nice people including a gentleman named Al Yee, who was the consulting engineer on the USS Arizona Memorial.


After the reception we headed to our hotel in Waikiki. I have to take a moment to explain how different Waikiki was then our experience on the Big Island. We were expecting a couple large resorts on the beach and some interesting shopping. What we got was high rises in every direction, for blocks and blocks from the sea. High end, world class shopping, Erin called it Michigan Avenue (referring to the shopping meca in Chicago). As well as all the people that go with it. A huge Japanese influence (our snack bar in our hotel was all Japaneses menu with English subtitles on some stuff.) It was entirely overwhelming from the relaxed, rural atmosphere in Kona. 24hrs and we were fried.


Check out some more pics here.