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Day 17: Oahu to London: Waving goodbye to Hawaii and hello to British rain…

Far from bright eyed and bushy tailed we pried ourselves out of the bed and headed down to check out just before 4am. We hopped in a taxi to the airport and headed to check-in in our zombie like state. … Continue reading

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Day 16: Oahu: Chris loses some masculinity and I gain my body weight in cereal…

Today I really wanted to try the Cream Pot for breakfast. We had driven past it a few times and knew roughly where it was so decided to walk. There was no queue which was a pleasant surprise as I … Continue reading

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Day 15: Oahu: A tour of correctional facilities and a good dose of Tommy Hilfiger…

We were up around 9am this morning and ate breakfast in the room. Chris decided to eat the cold pizza from last night which he said was OK! I had my usual froot loops and it was nice to have … Continue reading

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Day 14: Oahu: The best cure for a fish phobia is jumping into a cage to watch sharks…

This morning we were up at 6am to get ready and drive to Hale’iwa for our shark cage dive with North Shore Shark Adventures. Traffic was a bit more of a beast than we expected so we arrived 10 minutes … Continue reading

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Day 13: Oahu: A DIY island tour with a splash of accidental off-roading…

Today we were getting the rental car so woke up early and called their free shuttle to come and get us at 8am. 40 minutes came and went and still nothing so we called them – apparently they had forgot … Continue reading

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Day 12: Oahu: A calorie filled day and a wannabe glamour model…

This morning we decided to try Lulu’s for breakfast and headed over there at around 9am. Chris ordered some beastly plate of pancakes, bacon, eggs, sausage, potatoes etc – I found it very strange to have all of this mixed … Continue reading

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Day 11: Oahu: A little hike, a big hike and an enormous Mexican…

We woke up at around 9am and debated what to do today as I hadn’t really planned anything. We settled on hiking Diamond Head so it was only right that we have a big breakfast to give us extra energy. … Continue reading

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Day 10: Oahu: Please don’t use this bus as a toilet on wheels…

I had the most uncomfortable nights sleep ever due to my legs feeling like they were being soaked in boiling water. We had a bit of a lazy morning uploading our photos and having a nose of our trip so … Continue reading

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Day 9: Oahu: Beach bumming, blonde moments and botox lips…

Today was our 4 hour tour with Kailua Sailboards & Kayaks which involved a 2.5 mile/4km kayak each way to the Mokulua islands. We woke up in good time for our tour but there was some faffing around on my … Continue reading

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Day 8: Kauai to Oahu: From calm to chaos…

I had planned to get up early to see the sunrise a final time but couldn’t pry myself off of the mattress. It was OK because when we woke up at 7am it was raining heavily anyway. I had my … Continue reading

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