Sunday, 29th April

Today we flew from Kauai to Ohau – a 20 minute flight with over 2 hours sitting about in the airport. Oh for the days when one could just arrive 30 minutes before flight time. The airport security was very tight, with all jackets, shoes and belts needing to be removed, all liquids into a 1 litre plastic bag (this is a DOMESTIC flight, remember!!!) and then we had to have a full body scan. I’m sure the man operating the machine got a real thrill when we stood with our hands above our heads. At least himself was selected for the full search and frisk behind the screen for this flight.

It didn’t take too long for the luggage to appear (such a great feeling to see both suitcases) and find a shuttle service to Waikiki – there was actually a nice young lady in the luggage collection area looking for business, so we booked our return at the same time. We were at the Ohana East Hotel an hour after we landed and, joy oh joy, our room was ready so we were able to check in straight away. We have a nice light and airy room with a small balcony on the 8th floor. The bathroom doesn’t have a bath, only a shower (which suits us just fine) and is very clean. We also have free wi-fi in our room – even better as it means no trips to the lobby with the computer!

The afternoon was spent mainly doing a recce of the area, and the shops of course. There have been a few changes in the 5 years since we were last here. Food is much cheaper than it was on Kauai – competition makes a big difference, as does the volume of people. Speaking of which, there are lots of Aussie accents to be heard.

I haven’t taken any photos today (Cat is rather put out!) as it hasn’t really been a photo sort of day, so I have included a few from the past couple of days.