A vote was taken and it was unanimously approved to take the whole day and lay on the beautiful beach, take a nap or two, and just walk around checking out this beautiful hotel. It takes at least a day to recover from 9 hours of flights and a 4 hour time difference. The decision to lay around for a day was not regretted.
The morning of the 3rd day began with breakfast at a nearby Denny's (the food was just as good as the hotel's and less than 1/2 the price!). Then into the car everyone jumped and headed off for the North Shore and a road trip around the eastern half of Oahu.
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| After traveling up H2 to Kamehameha Highway, the trolls had to stop in Haleiwa for a shaved ice at the famous Matsumoto store. Yummy! |
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| Arriving at Haleiwa Ali'i Beach or "King's Beach" on the north shore of Oahu. The Wai'anae Mountains are in the background. |
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| On Haleiwa Ali'i Beach, where the TV episodes of Baywatch Hawaii were filmed |
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| On the famous Waimea Bay beach, world famous for "Big Wave" surfing. Was made famous in the 1964 movie "Ride The Wild Surf" and one of the settings of the TV show "Lost" |
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| At Puu O Mahuka Heiau, an ancient sacred temple site from the early 1600's where wives of the chiefs gave birth and human sacrifices were conducted. |
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| Entrance to the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. Over 13,000 soldiers and sailors who died during WWII are buried here. |
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| Looking at Honolulu from the rim of the "Punchbowl" crater. |
