After breakfast in the Botticelli Dining Room, we dressed up just a bit, intending to return to the ship to change at some point in time, and took an Uber to visit a friend in a senior living community near Ala Moana Mall. It was wonderful to see him and, after we visited for a while, we stayed for lunch out on the terrace where he lives. Great food, friendly service and a companionable visit. It was a good morning.
A red crested cardinal
As predicted, the day started clearing around 10am and the sun came out in force while we were enjoying our lunch. We then decided to stay dressed as we were and walk (about 45 minutes) to the Hale Koa Military Resort on Waikiki Beach, our favorite place to enjoy some drinks and watch the sunset. I’m glad we got that bit of exercise, because after we got to the Barefoot Bar at the Hale Koa around 2pm, we drank and drank and ate and drank and saw familiar faces and reminisced until sunset. Every time another round was ordered, I made G promise to get me off the beach and up to an Uber to get back to the ship. It’s a good thing I don’t drink…very often!
We’ll be here on a Friday on the next cruise!
The Hale Koa has the nicest, most peaceful park area in Waikiki
We were reminiscing about the Hawaii emergency alert (remember that?), the golf tournaments, the parades we’ve marched in, the Great Aloha Runs, and the time we flew from Shanghai after traveling around the world, got into our hotel room at the Hale Koa and slept for a week. I’m not sure we could keep up that pace these days!
Sunset was beautiful, as it almost always is in Honolulu, and we walked through the Hale Koa up to street level and caught an Uber back to the ship (at Pier 2 today). We thought we might go to the buffet (and the dining room was also open seating since the all on board time isn’t until 10:30pm), but I can already predict we won’t be leaving the cabin again tonight.
Unbelievably, it was a bit of a green flash night!We’ve only ever seen them here on Waikiki Beach
