Trip journal - day 10
10 September 2005
I woke up and began listening via laptop to the pregame show (BYU was playing Easter Illinois). Also listened to the first couple of drives. Then we went down for a buffet breakfast, eating on the open terrace. Lots of fruit, scrambled eggs, hash browns, bacon, juice (I combined passion fruit, guava, and orange juice).
Then Mindy and her kids and Caroline and I went snorkeling in the enclosed Turtle Bay. The water had a lot of sand (from the waves), so not as clear as in Samoa. We saw some fish and live coral, but, again, not as nice as just offshore in Auto, Samoa.
After the beach, we hit the pool – the slide, the hot tub, and the main pool. Then I showered and dressed, and we moved our luggage into Mindy’s room (the rest of us had to check out by 12:30). Then the folks went to a shrimp shack, and we (Mindy and her kids, and Cindy and Caroline and I) returned to the Polynesian Cultural Center. We ate at the Banyan Tree Snack Bar (the folks delivered a fresh shrimp “to go” platter to me at the entrance gate -- huge plump shrimp). Then we did the New Zealand show while Mindy and Gabe did the Samoan show. Then we did some shopping and left for the airport.
Uneventful time at the Honolulu Airport, and then flight to Vegas, where we parted from Bob and Linda, and then to SLC. It was touch and go for Caroline (who had an e-ticket and no boarding pass) and Mindy (who inexplicably had a ticket for an earlier flight), but we all made the flight and home.
I know 11 days have passed, but it’s still hard to absorb the climate and culture shock of our travels. Fortunately, we took nearly 1,000 photos and will share with Bob and Linda and the others to get the best pix.
Amazing trip. Good to be home.
Tofa.
I woke up and began listening via laptop to the pregame show (BYU was playing Easter Illinois). Also listened to the first couple of drives. Then we went down for a buffet breakfast, eating on the open terrace. Lots of fruit, scrambled eggs, hash browns, bacon, juice (I combined passion fruit, guava, and orange juice).
Then Mindy and her kids and Caroline and I went snorkeling in the enclosed Turtle Bay. The water had a lot of sand (from the waves), so not as clear as in Samoa. We saw some fish and live coral, but, again, not as nice as just offshore in Auto, Samoa.
After the beach, we hit the pool – the slide, the hot tub, and the main pool. Then I showered and dressed, and we moved our luggage into Mindy’s room (the rest of us had to check out by 12:30). Then the folks went to a shrimp shack, and we (Mindy and her kids, and Cindy and Caroline and I) returned to the Polynesian Cultural Center. We ate at the Banyan Tree Snack Bar (the folks delivered a fresh shrimp “to go” platter to me at the entrance gate -- huge plump shrimp). Then we did the New Zealand show while Mindy and Gabe did the Samoan show. Then we did some shopping and left for the airport.
Uneventful time at the Honolulu Airport, and then flight to Vegas, where we parted from Bob and Linda, and then to SLC. It was touch and go for Caroline (who had an e-ticket and no boarding pass) and Mindy (who inexplicably had a ticket for an earlier flight), but we all made the flight and home.
I know 11 days have passed, but it’s still hard to absorb the climate and culture shock of our travels. Fortunately, we took nearly 1,000 photos and will share with Bob and Linda and the others to get the best pix.
Amazing trip. Good to be home.
Tofa.
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