Day 5: USS Arizona memorial and Waikiki beach

August 27, 2011


    Today was a busy day. We meet down in the lobby at 7:15am and headed for the WWII Valor in the Pacific National Monument where the USS Arizona Memorial is at. When we got there we got to look around on our own for a while. I took lots of pictures and it was sprinkling off and on during this time.

USS Bowfin

Bird of Paridise flower

Plumeria Tree

       At 8:15 we went to see a film about the attack of Pearl Harbor. The film was about 30 minutes long and quite moving. After the film we boarded a small ferry boat and went to the USS Arizona Memorial. It is a small memorial so we didn't spend much time there.

USS Arizona Memorial

      When we got back to shore we took some pictures and a group photo before we left to get breakfast at McDonald's.

Kelsey, Sarah, Me and Trina

      We then went to the swap meet that is at the Aloha stadium. The vendors wrap all the way around the stadium. It was pretty interesting some of the things they had many vendors carried. I bought a shaved ice, a Hawaiian tank top and a Hawaiian dress. We only had an hour so I didn't have much time to check things out. After the swap meet we decided that we would go to Waikiki beach and have the next day off. Our PC David ended up taking the wrong exit so we got to see a little more of the island before we got to go back to the hotel since it was 10 miles before we could turn around to go back.

Stairway to Heaven

     Once we got back to the hotel we only had 30 minutes to change and pack our lunch before we had to meet in the lobby to go. The trip was a little long bout what a beautiful beach! The waves were much stronger than I expected. It was a lot of fun! Trina and I mostly hung out together at the beach. We stayed for quite a while before we decided to go back.

Waikiki beach

     To get back home we had to take "The Bus" which is their public bus transportation on the island. It took and hour and twenty minutes to get to Makalapa gate. From there we had to walk in the gate and then to our hotel. It was a long but very fun day!

Andrea