Day 1: I arrived at 4pm at Honolulu airport when I met a friendly face on the way to baggage claim. It was Amanda! She was my friend on my New York trip and I had no idea she was going to be in Hawaii but it turns out she was! We grabbed out bags and headed to another baggage claim where we would be meeting up with one of our camp leaders Geoff. We had our little meet and greet with him then we were off and away in a van heading for our hotel. After getting situated in my room, some of the girls and I decided to hit the town!!! We had no clue where we were going, how to pronounce each others names (flippen Norwegians), or how to get back. A recipe for success. It was a good thing I was with other girls because my navigational skills are as good as a tumbleweeds. I would have been sleeping in a coconut if it wasn’t for them. Got back to the hotel at 9, went to my hotel room, accidentally slept through the group meeting, and that was day one.
Day 2: Sight seeing sight seeing sight seeing! We visited all the north shore beaches in Oahu as well as visiting sites such as The Dole Plantation, and I must say, NO ONE does pineapple like Hawaii. I think I died and went to heaven. We also visited some awesome macadamia nut farm. Those were some good macadamia nuts.
Day 3: Day 3, probably the most physically demanding day we had. Well for me anyway because I’m a blob. Day 3 we climbed DIAMOND HEAD MOUNTAIN. It’s an old volcano that has a b-e-a-utiful view from the top. Stunning. Then during the night times we had a pizza party at the park.
Day 4: Saturday! Up bright and early and ready to go to the U.S.S Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbour. One of our more fascinating days. Good thing I love history! We visited the museums and actually saw pieces of the U.S.S Arizona that was still there! Cool nahnas. After that we attempted to catch a bus to the Ala Moana Mall. I say attempted because no bus would open their doors for 99 exchange students and their 5 group leaders. So we walked a fair way and finally got to the mall where we had a bit of shopping time before dinner at Bubba Gumps seafood. For those of you that don’t know, Bubba Gumps is a Forrest Gump themed restaurant. I really need to see that movie.
Day 5: Luau day!!! My favourite day!!! We had most of the day for free time then in the late afternoon we took a bus to Germaine’s Luau. I’d give you all the details of the bus ride but I really can’t be bothered. Luau is Hawaiian for PARTY! Wooo! And a party it was. We enjoyed a night of traditional Polynesian/Hawaiian songs and dances as well as a buffet dinner. Ever seen a man hula? Probably the hottest thing I’ve ever seen in my life. It was practically a strip tease but their clothes were already off. Hnnnnnn....If I could take anything home...ogh. Never mind that... I’ll put a video up.
(Breathe Jacqui...breathe! Gah!)
Day 6: Snorkelling in Hanauma Bay with all the lovely fishes of many colours. Boooootiful! Then we did some other stuff but I forgot. Woops.
Day 7: Boat ride on a catamaran! Caught a glimpse of a whale but thats about it. A little underwhelming. Free time for the rest of the day until dinner at the Hard Rock cafe. Wooo! Fun time! After dinner we were supposed to have a farewell party at some club we had apparently rented out but the manager that booked us into the place had got fired earlier that day. AND he had told his boss we were all over 21. No party for us. Plus it was the first day of marde gras. Bugger. We had free time until midnight which was a nice change from 10pm.
Day 8: Dead boring day. We got kicked out of our rooms at 10:30 which meant no beach for us because we had no access to a shower. So for those of us leaving later that had no money, we were pretty much stuck in the hotel lobby all day. SO BORING. My god. A few planes and cinnamon rolls later, I was home. Well Nebraska home :D
Free time was spent shopping in Waikiki. I was amazed at how much freedom we had! It was great. As long at we were back by 10, no problem! It was great.
I met some interesting locals, 7 million norwegians and had one of the most amazing times of my life! I wish I could write it all down but I CANNOT! TOO MUCH! I hope this doesn’t sound like an academy award speech but I wanna thank my mum and dad for constantly wiring money to me and putting my mind at ease about every little fear I had. I also wanna thank Lisa! Lovely host mummy for helping me prepare everything for my trip and making my bed so I had fresh sheets to come home to! Well thats all folks. Next time I post it shall be more entertaining and less...boring. I just had so much to say I had no time to make it HilARious.
TA TA!
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