Visiting Waikiki ...

Have been so busy since arriving into Hawaii, Oahu Island. Yesterday we were welcomed by the children at Wai'alae Elementary Public Charter school which was the first charter school in Hawaii and met with the Principal/Chairperson and some teachers there with free time to visit around the island.

We then went shopping at my favourite Ala Moana Boulevard shopping centre to pick up a couple of things for my lil' one. So interesting that it hasn't changed but definitely a lot bigger than I remembered. In fact, since last visiting Honolulu in the late 1990s it has really developed and more built up.

I also am remembered about how everything here is on a bigger scale as compared with NZ. With big scale cars, utes, buses, trucks etc. even the burgers are bigger, Waikiki is massive for its many hotels and eateries and an ABC store on every corner. Then went swimming at Waikiki beach during sunset - wow! simply amazing.

As for my older ones, I think it was a real eye opener in how USA/Hawaii is as compared to other island nations that we've visited such as Fiji, Samoa, Savaii - just on a whole different scale and helps to appreciate what we do have in NZ...