here's the recap...i apologize if i ramble. we left thursday morning...arriving in honolulu around 3 pm (hawaii time). we finally got to our hotel around 5...we had to get our rental car..chris upgraded to a convertible...i thought it was a bit ridiculous at first to spend the extra money on it...that is until we were riding around in the sun with the top down :) and then we had to deal with the outrageous traffic! but whatever, we were in hawaii. thursday night we went out for sushi and then went to bed early...we were exhausted!
friday we got up early to go to pearl harbor. we went through the uss arizona memorial museum, listened to the audio tour, went out to the memorial, and met a few of the pearl harbor survivors. it was very educational...and a very sobering experience.
we then headed for the beach. several drinks later we cleaned up and headed out to dinner. again it was an early night.
saturday we hung out on the beach for a few hours before heading to the concert...the kokua festival. we had lawn seating and therefore went a bit early to get relatively good seating. although we quickly found out that it's a pretty small venue and therefore even the bad seating was good seating. we spent about 8 hours in the sun...listening to mason jennings, paula fuga, go jimmy go, dave matthews & tim reynolds, and jack johnson. it was fabulous. absolutely fabulous! (and some guy - approximately 10 ft from us - proposed to his girlfriend while jack was singing 'better together') chris wasn't feeling well...so we gathered some more drinks (from the abc store...my mom's favorite place!)...and went back to the hotel.
sunday we went our for sushi, had drinks on our balcony, and then went snorkeling at hanauma bay. we saw a turtle. he (or maybe she) was the highlight. so cute. then we went out to dinner...and headed to the international market - because my mom raved about it. we're still wondering why. it was fun to walk around...but we just don't get it. LOL. (no offense mom!) we took a stroll on the beach...then headed to a bar near our hotel to have a few beers and listen to some live music. low key night.
monday morning we hiked diamond head. it was hot and the sun was beating down...but it was a beautiful view from the top...and some much needed exercise.
sadly it was a very short trip (we've already started a list of things we want to do when we go back!!)...but i couldn't have asked for a better 30th birthday present! thanks christian :)
some pics are below. they're not of the greatest quality (i need a new camera...hint hint). you can find the rest of the pictures here.
the view from our hotel balcony.
christian in the convertible.
before going out for sushi on thursday night.
the uss arizona anchor.
uss arizona memorial.
on the uss arizona memorial.
hanging out on the beach.
going out to dinner on friday night.
kokua festival.
dave and tim.
courtney, christian, dave, & tim.
drinking on the balcony.
christian was finally able to use his flip flops!
on our way to go snorkeling.
hanauma bay - where we went snorkeling.
diamond head.
the bus - this is for nicole and jeannine :)
the following are two videos from the concert...note - they are not good quality at all!!! one is of dave being odd...as he usually is in concert. and the other is jack johnson...and this one is mainly for robin...because she moves like a jellyfish...
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