Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Hawaii Vacation 2008 - Day 5

With iPods and various sundry electronics charged we were ready for another day of travel. We got up at 5:30am and began our trek to LAX. We arrived at the terminal at 6:05am and was surprised to see the hustle and bustle at such an early hour of the morning. Our flight was 8:40am and the recommended time to arrive at the airport was 3 hours before your flight. I now see why. The security line was poorly organized, It was a two stage security. I agree it was thorough but it was surly inefficient.

The flight went well. We were flying on Hawaiian Airlines. Our flight was on time but we had to wait a while for our car at Budget as it was not ready on time. We drove to Waikiki beach and our room was ready at the Aqua Palms resort early at around 1 pm. The kids were very excited after traveling for the last 6 1/2 hours. We suited up and headed to the beach.

As we were only 1 block from the beach, we headed across the street and through the open air areas of the Sheraton hotel. We reached the beach and the kids dove into the surf. We had arrived!

After 3 hours or so we heard music coming from a beach side bar at the Sheraton. We headed over and sat down for a dinner while listening to a Hawaiian band playing all Bob Marley songs. After a few hours and a $110 bill we headed back to the room,

We didn't make it past 8:00pm. Good night.

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