MmeLeota and Chernabog40 say Aloha!
Posted: Apr Tue 17, 2012 3:08 pm
I know this has taken a long time for me to post, but better late than never, right?
One perk to Cbog40’s promotion is the annual conference. This year the conference was held in Honolulu, Hawaii…and there was no way he was gonna go alone!
We didn’t have a lot of time together and we were only there a few days, so there were many things that we didn’t get to do this time around, but it only means we’ll have to go back (oh darn…).
This also meant that since we didn’t have a car and the one way trip via public transportation to Pearl Harbor and Aulani was nearly 2 hours and due to the scheduling of his conference, it didn’t allow for us to be able to tackle them this time.
The blocks of time to myself were only a few hours at a time since they had morning meetings, were given afternoon breaks, and had activities in the evening. So this made it difficult to venture too far away from the hotel…but who would want to when your hotel is so luxurious and right on the beach??? I was floored by the place…not to mention the history surrounding it.
On with the pictures!
Flying past Molokai
Landing in Honolulu
The Royal Hawaiian Hotel…otherwise known as The Pink Palace
Cbog40 “hanging loose” outside the hotel (yes, we got “lei-ed” upon arrival at the hotel)
Our room
The view from our room
We had a little bit of free time before Cbog40 needed to be anywhere so we decided to walk around a bit and become familiar with our surroundings.
Koi pond on the hotel grounds
On Waikiki Beach
View of Diamond Head from our hotel’s beach (love the colors of the sky and the water)
Walking on the beach, we worked up a thirst…and we quenched it with the must-have Mai Tai…YUMMY!!!!
(tidbit of history I learned while here…oddly enough the Mai Tai was not invented in Hawaii. But another very famous cocktail was…and it was invented at the Royal Hawaiian…the Shirley Temple)
Once Cbog40 had to go off to his work event, I had a couple of hours to spare so I set off to find something to eat. The sister hotel to the Royal Hawaiian is right next door so I wandered over there…good thing I did, 'cause look what I found!
Yep, that’s a good ol’ Dole Whip!!!! (not the same without the Disney magic, but good anyway!)
I also saw this beautiful sculpture of the Honu, also known as sea turtles (or for us Disney freaks, Crush!!!)
Further wandering led me to the marketplace in front of the hotel along the main drag…and I found these in the window of an ABC Store (located about every 5 steps or so these are markets where tourists can get kitschy souvenirs and such…we have them in Vegas (referred to as the 9th island of Hawaii) so I was already familiar with the store)
Since I wasn’t real hungry, I decided to check out the food court and ended up with this chicken sandwich with a ketchup/soy sauce mixture on it…and it was way tasty! But I couldn’t finish it because it was a much bigger sandwich than I expected.
The view looking down from the top floor of the marketplace
Another view of the marketplace
There was even a shooting range! (yes, at the marketplace)
After Cbog40 was done for the night, we took a walk along the beach and got a pic of Waikiki beach at night
The next day, I only had about 3 hours to kill so I decided to have some beach time (and picture taking of the various “interior” features of the hotel…much of the hotel was open air so there was constantly a nice breeze blowing through.
Walkway
Interior archway leading to the lawn (ocean in the background)
Sitting areas
The pool
The fabulous thing about having a hotel on the beach is that they have a small area designated specifically for hotel guests only and if you get there early enough, you can stake out a fabulous lounge chair. They will even put up an umbrella if requested.
The view from my lounge
Love this pic of the palm trees
I’m not a fan of swimming in anything but a pool, but when I ventured down to the water to get my feet wet, the water was inviting and next thing I knew, I was all the way in! Plus this gave me an opportunity to try out our little waterproof camera.
The hotel from the ocean
Diamond Head
TO BE CONTINUED....
One perk to Cbog40’s promotion is the annual conference. This year the conference was held in Honolulu, Hawaii…and there was no way he was gonna go alone!
We didn’t have a lot of time together and we were only there a few days, so there were many things that we didn’t get to do this time around, but it only means we’ll have to go back (oh darn…).
This also meant that since we didn’t have a car and the one way trip via public transportation to Pearl Harbor and Aulani was nearly 2 hours and due to the scheduling of his conference, it didn’t allow for us to be able to tackle them this time.
The blocks of time to myself were only a few hours at a time since they had morning meetings, were given afternoon breaks, and had activities in the evening. So this made it difficult to venture too far away from the hotel…but who would want to when your hotel is so luxurious and right on the beach??? I was floored by the place…not to mention the history surrounding it.
On with the pictures!
Flying past Molokai
Landing in Honolulu
The Royal Hawaiian Hotel…otherwise known as The Pink Palace
Cbog40 “hanging loose” outside the hotel (yes, we got “lei-ed” upon arrival at the hotel)
Our room
The view from our room
We had a little bit of free time before Cbog40 needed to be anywhere so we decided to walk around a bit and become familiar with our surroundings.
Koi pond on the hotel grounds
On Waikiki Beach
View of Diamond Head from our hotel’s beach (love the colors of the sky and the water)
Walking on the beach, we worked up a thirst…and we quenched it with the must-have Mai Tai…YUMMY!!!!
(tidbit of history I learned while here…oddly enough the Mai Tai was not invented in Hawaii. But another very famous cocktail was…and it was invented at the Royal Hawaiian…the Shirley Temple)
Once Cbog40 had to go off to his work event, I had a couple of hours to spare so I set off to find something to eat. The sister hotel to the Royal Hawaiian is right next door so I wandered over there…good thing I did, 'cause look what I found!
Yep, that’s a good ol’ Dole Whip!!!! (not the same without the Disney magic, but good anyway!)
I also saw this beautiful sculpture of the Honu, also known as sea turtles (or for us Disney freaks, Crush!!!)
Further wandering led me to the marketplace in front of the hotel along the main drag…and I found these in the window of an ABC Store (located about every 5 steps or so these are markets where tourists can get kitschy souvenirs and such…we have them in Vegas (referred to as the 9th island of Hawaii) so I was already familiar with the store)
Since I wasn’t real hungry, I decided to check out the food court and ended up with this chicken sandwich with a ketchup/soy sauce mixture on it…and it was way tasty! But I couldn’t finish it because it was a much bigger sandwich than I expected.
The view looking down from the top floor of the marketplace
Another view of the marketplace
There was even a shooting range! (yes, at the marketplace)
After Cbog40 was done for the night, we took a walk along the beach and got a pic of Waikiki beach at night
The next day, I only had about 3 hours to kill so I decided to have some beach time (and picture taking of the various “interior” features of the hotel…much of the hotel was open air so there was constantly a nice breeze blowing through.
Walkway
Interior archway leading to the lawn (ocean in the background)
Sitting areas
The pool
The fabulous thing about having a hotel on the beach is that they have a small area designated specifically for hotel guests only and if you get there early enough, you can stake out a fabulous lounge chair. They will even put up an umbrella if requested.
The view from my lounge
Love this pic of the palm trees
I’m not a fan of swimming in anything but a pool, but when I ventured down to the water to get my feet wet, the water was inviting and next thing I knew, I was all the way in! Plus this gave me an opportunity to try out our little waterproof camera.
The hotel from the ocean
Diamond Head
TO BE CONTINUED....