Bit slow today didn't get out until just after 10.00am after a coffee. We usually miss out on morning coffee as we take off earlier than that.
Haven't done much today. Went over to Ala Moana centre and looked for a couple of things bought nothing came back to unit for lunch. Stayed out of the sun for a couple of hours then went down for a swim or two or three...
Last full day tomorrow and last night. We leave on our Wednesday at 3.20pm arriving in Auckland your Thursday at about 10.30pm. Sounds a long flight!!!!!!
PT is going to tell you about the next four photos.
Wow. I have a turn.
I mentioned last evening about the 100 plus surfers out in front of us. Well today it was 151. The waves have been extraordinarily high of late. Today they were 5 to 8 feet but the surf report tonight states the wave height is going to be substantially lower from tomorrow.
Yes the next 3 photos are of a boat that had partially sunk at its berth right opposite us. 3 firetrucks arrived with all their sirens screaming. Two of the trucks were very large with the co driver over the rear wheels. In all there were 10 men pottering around this boat but only 2 were doing any work!!. They were tending to it for well over 2 hours. Finally pumped it out and it appears to be floating this evening. Not sure of the problem but would imagine that the boat needs to be hauled out now.
And below this yellow boat came in to the boat ramp opposite. There were 2 men trying to pull it out with their ute. They couldnt get it out as the ute wasnt strong enough. The wheels just spun. Another truck came with a tow rope which broke. And then a further truck arrived but no luck. Not sure of the problem but in the end they put the boat back into the water and drove off. This scenerio went on for all of 3 hours. Amazing. I should add that when they were trying to get the boat up the ramp one of the guys was in the boat with both outboards at fairly fast revs.
This is the Ilikai Marina. Our room is the fourth down from the top. If you can zoom in you will see a small piece of red, that is PT. Nice having the corner unit with the extra big window.
I took this from looking out of the back of the building while waiting for the lift. It shows how the rain stays up in the hills most of the day and you think that it is going to rain soon but it stays up there and its nearly always sunny on the beaches.
About 5.00pm we walked out to the far boat piers to look back from out there. The building on the left is the Ilikai Hotel where we were first. It is shaped like a Y. We were in the left wing just in the picture. Floor 19. The right hand buildings are part of the Hilton group. Sometime at this time the hills send the dark rain clouds nearer to the coast, but just a few specks of rain then cleared again in time for the sunset. Sun goes down about 6.30pm.
This is as far as the piers go which makes the boat harbour looks a lot bigger from this angle than looking down on the harbour from the unit. Hilton Hotel with the bright colours where the lagoon is , Diamond Head far right. Didn't climb that this year. Far left on the right of the two high rises which is the Prince Hotel is our building Ilikai Marina eighteen floors high we are on the fifteenth. Then you can see the Ilikai Hotel Y shape slightly left of the centre.
Ilikai Marina just right of the two high rises and you can see the Ilikai Hotel Y shape more clearly.
Linda at last we got a sunset.
Cruise ship just leaving Honolulu this evening. Don't know which one it is but not yours Linda and Bruce.
Above and below taken from our deck.
The next three like I did last night taken from our deck but at night.
Looking left towards the lagoon.
Looking straight out.
Looking right up the coast towards the airport and then looking down the side of our building down onto the road and boats
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