Luau and Thursday Details

Hi all,

Well I am finally getting around to updating the blog with the rest of our trip.

On Wednesday night we went to the Royal Lahina Luau http://www.hawaiihotels.com/Main/Sub.cfm?Id=103&Ref=RLR
It was right next door to our condo complex, so we were able to walk over. It was less than 5 minutes away--Awesome!!!! We stood in line a bit and then were seated in actually not bad seats. We could see both stages and were close to the buffet. One nice thing about this luau was that there was not a lot of people there!

The dinner was standard luau fare with the pig, some chicken, some steak, some poi, veggies, salad, etc. The coconut cake for dessert was awesome--although I don't need to try the coconut pudding again :) The show itself was cool. They did a variety of dances and the band was really nice to listen to. I think the highlight was the fire dances at the end of the show. It is amazing to watch what those men (and women) can do with fire!!!! We did partake in the open bar (mai tais were ok, but I have had better). We then walked back to our resort and got ready for bed.

Thursday morning we got up and finished packing and cleaning our condo. Our last moments on Maui--boo hoo!!!! Lynn and Jake went down to the beach to take some pictures and then we loaded up the car--hmmm the car had more room on day 1 :)

We caught an Hawaiian Airlines flight to Oahu for our last two nights in paradise. We got to Honolulu about 2 pm and found our luggage. We went to get our rental car (had to upgrade to an SUV to have enough room :)) and then drove to our hotel. We stayed at the Waikiki Banyon
http://www.resortquesthawaii.com/hawaii/propertyOverview.do?propertyGroupId=25557
which was nice, but had a much smaller room than Maui. We did have a very nice view of the mountains and it was wonderful at night--looked like a Christmas tree.

After getting settled Lynn, Jake and I walked along Waikiki Beach which was so much more crowded than the beach on Maui :) I had to buy another suitcase--mine was a bit overweight on the trip over from Maui and then we headed back to the condo.

We got ready for dinner and walked down to an Italian restaurant, Arancino de Mare, near our hotel. http://arancino.com/en/index.html I had the Penne Gorgonzola which was very good. Lynn and Jake had the Lasagne which was very hot and Lisa had Spaghetti and Meatballs. After dinner we walked along the sidewalk and ended up having some ice cream at Haagen Dazs--yummy.

We then went back to the hotel because we had to be up early for our trip to Pearl Harbor.