We
took an early shuttle into Honolulu for a walk around. Because we have been to Oahu several times
before we opted to not spend any money on tours. The bus dropped us off at the Ala Moana
Center (huge shopping mall) and we walked down to the beach and along some of
the streets.
The
biggest change we found since our last visit was the International Market
Place. It used to be an area of quaint
small shops selling souvenirs, eats and just stuff for tourists. Now it is a very upscale shopping center with
high end (and high price) stores. Oh
well.
We
ate lunch at the Hula Grill at the Outrigger Waikiki on the balcony overlooking
the beach. We then took a veeerrrry long
walk to Waiola’s, reputed to have the best shave ice in Honolulu (as reported
by one of the bell hops we talked to).
The walk was very long but the shave ice was exceptionally good.
Then
we hoofed it over to the mall, did a bit of shopping and then caught the bus
back to the ship.
The
biggest event of the day was the total lunar eclipse that started about 6:11
and ended around 8:45. It was a full moon, a wolf moon (so named by the
Native America's because the wolves howl at the moon in January - when they are
cold and hungry), a "supermoon", a blood moon (the total eclipse
causes the moon to turn red because the earth's atmosphere filters out all
colors in the light spectrum except red) and a total eclipse.
We spent some
time on the top deck watching the eclipse and taking pictures. We finally called it quits shortly after the
moon started coming out of the earth's shadow.
Talk about a special event.
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| Partial Eclipse |
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| Partial Eclipse |
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| Totality |
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| Totality |
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| Coming out of Totality |
The harbor looked lovely at night as well.
The
evening show was a very entertaining Polynesian show.
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