We arrived in Honolulu about noon and once we collected our luggage and made it though customs and immigration, we headed to the nearest airport courtesy phone and started calling car rental agencies. See, we didn't want to torture ourselves by hanging out at the airport for our 10 hour layover in Hawaii. We thought we would be smart and rent a car. After calling four or five rental agencies only to discover they were all sold out for the day, we jumped on our chance to rent a car for less than 10 hours at the rate of $139.00. To give you a comparison, the car we rented on our flight over, which we used for over 20 hours, only cost us $34.00. But it was totally worth every penny!
After visiting Pearl Harbor (see Terri's post about Remembering The Sacrifice) we headed to Waikiki for some food, shopping, and one last chance to dip our toes in the ocean! Guess where we had dinner? We opted for good old American food at The Cheesecake Factory. No more Lechon thank you very much! Although I was tempted to order a Mango smoothie!
Here' are a few photos of us (looking rather haggard, tired, and travel-worn) at Waikiki beach.
The sunset was amazing!
And yes, it started to rain! (As you can tell from the water drops showing up on Terri's photo below.) For crying out loud...
It was fun to see a Christmas Tree and decorated palm trees too.
And finally, our last picture in Hawaii as we waited in the Airport gardens for our flight home to begin boarding. Please note...this was our last chance to wear short sleeves. Goodbye tropics as we head home to cold and snow!
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