Hawaii

The ship SLOWLY went to Honolulu Hawaii on the island of Oahu. Sea sickness needed to abate, sea legs acquired, classes attended on board, and meeting people from all over the country – settling in!

THEN appears the island!!!

Beaches! OOOH! I want to try one!

We have greeters I’d never experienced!!!

We only had a few hours in Hawaii while the ship refueled and restocked with food. Did we stay on the ship? NO!!! Let’s adventure and see what is here!

Kilaea Iki eruption. We didn’t get to go there, but we got pictures!

A couple from Fiji

A couple from Tahiti

You have to check out the North Side of Hawaii to see masterful surfers

We crossed the International Dateline and lost a day. We celebrated the loss of that day with a fun service. I loved the humor and at 23 years old, staying up for fun until midnight was not a problem. Of special note…that day lost was my little sister, Debbie’s 10th birthday.

The Polynesian Cultural Center, which has representations of all the Polynesian Islands, not just Hawaii.

A Samoan couple

A Tonga village couple

Then back to the get on board the S.S Ryndam again, but one last look at Waikiiki with Table Mountain in the background. We did it!