Hawaii day 7 and 8: Shabbos was awsome, finally we had some real food, the caterer made shabbos and the food was vey good. We had to check out of the hotel by 12:00 sunday, and we didnt need to go the airport until 7:00 that night so naturally the day turned into an absolute disaster. The hotel held our bags for us, so that was helpful, they also let us use a hospitality room for 30 min before we left to the airport to change and relax. Back to the day though, we needed to kill 7 hours so we spoke to a few people by the front desk and they all told us to go to the Aloha Marketplace (supposedly famous shopping center) so off we went. Walking up to the marketplace you walk along the pier, and there are beautiful tropical fish right under your feet, but when we got to the actual market.........there was nothing there!!!! Every store was vacant except for a belly dance studio, and small bodegas selling hawaii gift shop garbage. We killed a whole of 15 mintes there. 6:30 minutes left to kill. We then decided that we are going to go to the Waikiki Aquarium, we get there and there is no where to park. Its started to rain like crazy and people left the beach so after driving around for about 30 min. we finally found a parking spot. Into the aquarium we go. The aquarium is very nice, but it is four exhibits that take about 15 minutes to go through, so now we have about 5:45 minutes to kill. That went on to the other places we went. it was getting funnier as the day went on. We finally had to leave to the airport, and our trip came to and end. All in all it was an amazing experience, something everyone should do one day.

By the pier

Walking along the pier, tropical fish everywhere

Our plane....Leaving Hawaii, all good things must come to an end

Hawaii day 6: I finally have time to finish the blog (now that we are home in beautiful sunny Cleveland) erev shabbos we went to a place called Hanauma Bay, Basically the bay was crated by volcanic explosions, creating a very shallow reef protected by a large circle of land (opened at one end). Hanauma Bay is a large snorkling spot, you have about 2 feet of water covering the reef which is very highly populated with tripical fish and turtles. Then for shabbos we checked into the Ala Moana Hotel (the chabad house is in it). It is not the Sharoton Waikiki, but it worked well for shabbos.

Hanauma Bay, all the dark spots in the water are parts of the reef

The opening to the ocean

On top of the bay, you need to hike down to it

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aahhhh paradise