Cruise to Hawaii

We decided in April that we would take out December cruise to Hawaii. Because we signed on early we got a great price and because we have cruised before a number of times we were Platinum members and got special treats.


But first we decided to spend a few days in Honolulu and were able to get a hotel suite for about 100. a night which made it a great deal there also.


What I can say about Hawaii perhaps I should put into a short poem as has been my wont  But I won't


Coming from the snow and cold of Northern Ontario to the warmth of Hawaii was a pleasure, but the treat was seeing things we had never before seen.


Along the shore where the lava which formed the islands met the ocean there were "blow holes". The waves would wash into tunnels left by the lava flow and then blow up in a cloud of vapour. Earlier we were able to watch as the lava flowed from a recent eruption and made its way across a field and sadly toward  a house which was vacated (of course) and begin to set fire to the area around the building. Sadly, if our tour had stayed longer we would have seen the house demolished.


The scenery was spectacular and beyond my power to describe it adequately. Cliffs layered by the lave flows showed different colors where one eruption had ended and another began. In the Wiemia (sp) canyon, second in depth to only the Grand Canyor, we saw nature' sculpture of pillars and designs created over the years.


And the water...I never realized that there could be so many blues and such clarity. Blue water different from any I ever remember.


And the sightseeing included the Pearl Harbour memorial as well as the graveyard for unnamed casualties of the attack on the ships in the harbour.


enough for now. I need to think more