A somewhat inadvertant sleep-in this morning was feeling really good. Perhaps it was the fact that I knew I was in Hawaii. After spending most of the morning dealing with yesterday's AirCanada screw up on the rooms, the lovely front desk people were able to somewhat help the situation by upgrading the rooms so that we were all on the same floor. Add to that, we now had complementary buffet breakfast for four mornings, and the day finally started to look alright.
After obtaining the rental car, we drove to the Premium Outlets for sone deals an steals. I didn't do too badly. Some good stuff! The weather was pretty nice: balmy 80F or about 26C. Love the palm trees too. Random, I know, but they're everywhere.
After the outlets we kept going north until we got to the Dole Plantation. What a cool place! They have lots of "pineapple" displays where they show a whole bunch of different pineapple plants in different stages of pineapple growth. They have a train to take you around the whole plantation, a maze, and some random mini lake full of ugly fish that you can feed. When you feed them, they all gather and splash and compete for food. Interesting and very random. The plantation has a large gift shop, complete with lots of items for purchase. Anything from food to souvenirs to pineapple cutting tools. And a demonstration to prove they work. We tried the Dole whip in a bowl. Basically pineapple flavour softserve ice cream. Pretty good, but that's only the tip of the iceberg- if you are ever there, check out the Split.
We came back into town and walked around. It seems Waikiki has undergone some dramatic changes to draw in more tourism. A Vegas-Like strip full of high end stores, lights, tiki torches, and restaurants. We stopped at PF Cheng's for dinner. I recommend it, very good. Be sure to save room for dessert. Cheesecake in a shot glass is kinda cool to eat!
That capped off the night as we then strolled along all the nice streets and made our way back to the hotel.
Tomorrow: the North Shore and the ever so popular and highly recommended Polynesian Cultural Center.
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