Hawaii

January 27-31, 2006
AC 161/45 YYZ-YVR-HNL, AC 44/156 HNL-YVR-YYZ

Some free Hyatt nights happened to expire at the end of January, the Grand Hyatt Kauai was available, AC seats were cheap and we had some upgrades.  I cannot think of a better way to end January.  We had two nights in Honolulu, got to see Yuka and Robert and had two great nights in Kauai.  The red eye home wasn’t the best, but after seeing Hawaii you cannot complain too much.

Jan 28
Wake up in Waikiki after a late night arrival, spend day on Oahu

Waikiki Harbour (anyone up for a 3 hour tour?)

Honolulu skyline with harbour in foreground.

Looking back on Diamond Head

Tom and Gord at the Diamond Head Lookout

More from Diamond Head

... Gord and Yuka looking back on Honolulu

Heading East from Honolulu

More of the Southern shore

Hike to lighthouse on Makapu’u Point

Rabbit Island from Makapu’u Point

Pali Lookout our favorite stop outside of Honolulu

The surfboards of Waikiki -- just for browsing

Time for a swim on Waikiki

Jan 29
Honolulu to Grand Hyatt Poipu, Kauai

Morning shot of Diamond Head

Other half of the Hyatt with Waikiki behind

Waimea Canyon - Grand Canyon of the Pacific

Flowers and Canyon

Another lookout

This is the grand part...

Definitely not your first expectation for Kauai

A short hike to Pu’u o Kila Lookout to Na Pali coast

Gord at Pu’u o Kila

Na Pali Coast

Gord closer to the edge

Looking West

One of the many free range Kaua’i chickens 

Po’ipu Blow Hole -- one of many tries for a good shot

Po’ipu Beach

Jan 30
Grand Hyatt and Exploring Kauai

Start of Na Pali Trail

We started early, but it was a long hot hike

Some of the better trail, no mud near the edge

More famous coast

The final beach, as far as you can go on a day hike

Looking back on the coast on our way back

Kilauea Lighthouse on the NE - we drove here

Jan 31
Grand Hyatt to Honolulu to home on red-eye, arrive 6:00 am on 1st

Grand Hyatt Kaua’i Beach

Tom outside our room