Day 13 Sunday 9 November

Slept in this morning, it was almost 9 am when we got up. We had breakfast at a small cafe & then we went to the ABC Superette to buy some washing powder. We did our washing, down loaded photos, Ron had a snooze. We had a (late) light lunch & went for a lovely walk along Ala Moana Beach Park. We enjoyed the balmy weather, the many families out having picnics & were entertained/amused by the hoards of Japanese brides, grooms & their photographers hopping out of the stretched limousines & posing with backdrops of the park, the jungle of high rises or more especially with the ocean & the beautiful sun set. Time went too quickly it was getting dark. We were so close to the Ala Moana Mall we thought of having dinner in one of their restaurants – we couldn’t believe it that every one of the places were so full that we would have had to wait for at least 15 minutes. We decided to go down to the food court but by then it was 7 p.m. – closing time. Close to the apartment the “Out Back Steak House” (where “blokes, sheilas & Joeys” were advised to walk through the other door) was chocker block full, next the “Red Lobster” – at least a dozen people waited outside. We had 3 other options across the road (that we knew of), Golden Arches, Subways or Snappers Bar (very noisy with the walls covered in TVs showing American football). From this fantastic lot we chose Subways (we are really slumming it). We ate it at the apartment looking out at the million dollar view, night lights. We had a good chat to Ron’s youngest sister & Mum & Dad. Ron mucked around with posting some of our blog (it is already written up) – he soon tired of that & went to bed around 10pm. We had another beautiful day in Hawaii.