Hawaii 2009

2 Years in the planning and finally Oupa, Ouma, Anne-Marie, Jake and I set off on our Hawaiian adventure.

1 Night in Honolulu at the Waikiki Sunset hotel and the next morning on the Pride of America for our 7 day cruise around the islands to end up back on Waikiki beach for 4 days before returning to Oz.

The cruise was amazing and far exceeded all my expectations. It was what they call a freestyle cruise. Meaning you eat, drink, swim, sun bath, chill in your cabin or go on excursions out to the island or on the ocean as you please.

We did some deep sea fishing, golfing, kayaking and a lazy walk down one of the beaches in the islands. As you can imagine there was a lot of eating – so much so that I had to tell myself to stop almost every day. 4 Main restaurants that served a buffet from roasts to pizza everyday (all Day) and then there were 4 speciality restaurants that offered a wide variety of other food.

The ship was incredible – around 2700 passengers and a 1000 staff. 13 levels. We stayed on level 11 – Nice, same as the main pool, so it was easy to get around.

We all loved the trip and I can highly recommend it to anyone thinking of going to Hawaii. I will add some video in the next few days.