My Hawaiian trip wasn't as relaxing as I expected. Our airplane had engine trouble both ways, resulting in 3 to 4 hrs of delay in departing. Due to the delayed departure, we landed in Honolulu around 2 am and checked in to hotel around 3 am. Completely, messed up my sleep cycle. It rained almost every day that we were there. Were only able to sit and enjoy the beach for a few hrs on the day before we were coming back. I also got sick (bad case of cold) while we were there. It was warm but very humid and soggy weather.
On the bright side, we did enjoy some good food. Ate lot of onigiri and baked salmon.. Our hotel was also very nice and thankfully our room had great views overlooking the beach, wikiki, and diamond head crater. Had rented a car, and drove around the island a bit, but due to bad weather, we didn't go to far.
Waikiki seemed like a Las Vegas strip to me. Too crowded, too commercialized and very noisy. Luckily our hotel was about a mile south of Waikiki, so we had some quite time there.
Here are some pictures from the trip:
Macha flavored shaved ice in wikiki. I never had one before and it was surprising very yummy.
Diamond Head Crater. There is a trail that goes all the way up to the summit. We didn't climb this time, but have done it in the past. The views from the top are spectacular.
Interesting and cute looking houses on our morning walk around the hotel neighborhood:
 
Our hotel room saved the day for us. During pouring rain, we could still sit in the balcony and enjoy the view:
 
Yakitori skewers , tempura, and cold soba for dinner in wikiki. There is a large number of Japanese restaurants to choose from:
US Army Museum in Wikiki. Unfortunately, the museum was closed when we got there, so could take a few pictures from outside:
    
Ate lot of baked salmon from window in the wall resturants. Surprisingly, they are very good:
 
Pancake and veggie omelet for breakfast:
Mitsuwa is a Japanese groccery store in wikiki:
Salmon onigiri was our prefered on the go snack/meal:
  
Madam-M's tea house, had some English tea with macha cake:
More soba and yakitori dinners:
Army museum tank display:
Diamond Head lighthouse:
Engine trouble, both ways:
In flight meal was decent:
My body feedback score didn't do so well, likely because of sleep issues, stress from the flight delays, and I got sick towards the end of the trip (I have no desire to fly again anytime soon):
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