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Wednesday, April 18, 2018

Some more of our Hawaii Adventure...

Well in a few hours, DH and I are heading off back home after 13 days in Hawaii. I plan to write some posts about the places we've seen over those days when we get home. But in this post I thought I might share some things we saw last Saturday when we wandered around Waikiki filling in time while we waited for our hotel room to be available. We left the cruise ship at 9am in Honolulu and our cab had us at Waikiki in no time. So with the luggage being stored at the hotel, off we set. It wasn't even 10am. 

We decided to walk through this largish shopping arcade, The Royal Hawaiian. 

The philodendron climbing the tree was real but the huge plumeria/frangipani were fake...😉


The rest rooms were quite palatial...check these toilets...

When I first looked at it I thought it was one of those self flushing toilets. I had used those in Europe and sometimes they flushed when still be used...! 😳🤣

But a closer look showed that there was a bidet function...have never seen one before in a restroom. 


And the washing facilities were pretty swish too...

From the left:- the first nozzle automatically dispensed soap, the next was water and the third was a dryer. In the mirror you can just make out the cubicle/stall doors. They were opaque glass with a lovely texture and colour...definitely 'high end' quality. 


Out in the centre we wandered around looking in shops every now and then...this was a nice shop...


There was a sand sculpture on display in the centre...


Then we walked a block or so to take a look at the beach...


Our room wasn't ready until 3 but we spent the last hour sitting in the foyer of the hotel as walking around is exhausting! Lol


4 comments:

Jackie said...

That sand sculpture is something else. It always amazes me how something like sand can be used to make something so beautiful and detailed.

Hope you enjoyed your break.

God bless.

mamasmercantile said...

Wow, it looks so impressive. Looking forward to hearing all about your adventures.

Nanna Chel said...

Maria, I just saw on the news about the flooding in Hawaii so I had to check your blog to see when you were coming home. It sounds like you just missed all the rain thank goodness.

Vireya said...

I wonder if the bidet toilet seat is because they get a lot of Japanese tourists?

Hope you've had a wonderful time. Will look forward to seeing more posts about the rest of your holiday.