hawaii

Here's what we did:

*survived a 6 hours flight (both ways)

*watched Mr. Popper's Penguins and X-men First Class (on the plane)

*got lost trying to find out hotel (Waikiki Gateway)

*went to church (had Sacrament Meeting in the cultural hall)

*visited 2 temples (Buddist and Mormon)

*hiked Diamond Head (thought I was going to die several times)

*experienced Pearl Harbor (got emotional a few times)

*had lunch on the beach one day (love)

*saw Dolphin Tale and The Three Musketeers

*did tons of walking/window shopping (everything was SO expensive)

*took a tour of Kualoa Ranch (gorgeous scenery)

*fell in love at the Dole Plantation (pineapples everywhere and dole whips)

*went to a stupid macadamia nut farm (don't bother)

*got sunburned at the Polynesian Cultural Center (hawaiian pizza....not hawaiian)

*read and sunbathed on our balcony (was too exhausted to do anything else)

*drove around the island at least 6 times (the North Shore was my favorite)

Here's what I didn't like:

*paying $20 a night for parking (not joking)

*all the one-way streets (Waikiki is the most confusing place to drive)

*the humidity (nothing ever dried)

*how expensive everything was ($6 for a tiny salad)

*no volcanoes (would have liked to see some lava)

*the flight home (got a kink in my neck trying to sleep)