HOLIDAY IN HAWAII / Day 1 - Ready Jet Set Go!

The trip to Hawaii actually started in February when we got a schedule from the US Embassy in Manila for a May 9 interview. The whole family got a multiple 10 year tourist visa.

Day 1 (May 23 Thursday) – Ready Jet Set Go!
• The airline of choice for this family bonding time was Hawaiian Airline. It was an early evening Thursday night flight that will bring us on the same day lunchtime in Honolulu.
• My mother and her good friend Tita Siony picked us up at the airport.
• Lunch was at Ala Moana Shopping Center food court which would be our hub for the duration of our vacation. It was at the center of Waikiki.
• Next up in the sight seeing was a quick stop to Hanauma Bay and Koko Head.
• We checked out Diamond Head Crater Park and Kapiolani Park (where we saw the different kinds of cactus)
• Dinner was at Bangkok Chef along Nuuanu Avenue.
• For whatever reason, the hotels within our range in Oahu were packed and our savior was Mama’s good friends Tita Lita & Tito Francis who lived in Punchbowl, Honolulu.