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Heading back to the resort sounds like a good plan. That can be a lot to take in. I know when we visited a concentration camp in Germany that we were exhausted quickly and it had more to do with taking it all in than the walking. Still very important to do, as you know.
Definitely. I'm so glad we got to visit Sachsenhausen, when we went to Berlin, as it really brought it home to you what happened there.
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The Bowfin reminds me of the Pampanito that we went on in San Francisco - although the Pampanito is completely free floating and as a result i got sea sick within moments of entering the aft torpedo room.
Great photos from on top of the Bowfin! Marked looked like he was getting way to much into it with all the gunnery!
The museum looks ok, but doesn't go as in depth as the sub or the Arizona Memorial does.
Interesting about the nukes there and the information regarding them as why we need them to begin with. When you have countries and individual terrorist groups that can get their hands on them, when you don't know what they're going to do with them, then I can see why countries like the USA, England etc. still have them. All as I can think about this is those movies during the 80's and the aftermath of nuclear war. The USA version being "The Day After" with England having "Threads". Both are quite different, but with the same result!
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Finally caught up after a week offline! Love the pictures of the resort so far (although looks like an Alaskan cruise has won out for our 25th anniversary trip).
Pearl Harbor is an amazing site to see, and pay tribute to those who died as well as those who continued to bravely serve. The sub looked fascinating. I've toured the sub they have at Chicago's Museum of Science & Industry. No way could I survive on one. A cruise cabin is cramped enough for me! My brother-in-law served on a nuclear sub in the 1990's, where they'd be at sea for months at a time. Not sure how he managed!
The Bowfin reminds me of the Pampanito that we went on in San Francisco - although the Pampanito is completely free floating and as a result i got sea sick within moments of entering the aft torpedo room.
Great photos from on top of the Bowfin! Marked looked like he was getting way to much into it with all the gunnery!
He was!
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The museum looks ok, but doesn't go as in depth as the sub or the Arizona Memorial does.
Interesting about the nukes there and the information regarding them as why we need them to begin with. When you have countries and individual terrorist groups that can get their hands on them, when you don't know what they're going to do with them, then I can see why countries like the USA, England etc. still have them. All as I can think about this is those movies during the 80's and the aftermath of nuclear war. The USA version being "The Day After" with England having "Threads". Both are quite different, but with the same result!
I've never watched anything like that. I just don't like the idea of knowing anymore about that sort of thing than I absolutely have to....
Finally caught up after a week offline! Love the pictures of the resort so far (although looks like an Alaskan cruise has won out for our 25th anniversary trip).
Welcome back! Alaskan cruise vs. Hawaii - tough call between the two. We said both would be once-in-a-lifetime and now we plan on going back to both, so I think that tells you something...
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Pearl Harbor is an amazing site to see, and pay tribute to those who died as well as those who continued to bravely serve. The sub looked fascinating. I've toured the sub they have at Chicago's Museum of Science & Industry. No way could I survive on one. A cruise cabin is cramped enough for me! My brother-in-law served on a nuclear sub in the 1990's, where they'd be at sea for months at a time. Not sure how he managed!
We've been round that sub at the Museum of Science and Industry - that's one of the neatest things there.
Tuesday 5 November – part six: what is Goofy doing?
We headed back to the car, and instead of taking the top down, we put the air conditioning on maximum, as we needed it!
It’s just as well we didn’t put the top down, as we had a bit of rain on the way back, although it was gone within a couple of minutes.
A familiar sign to most of you guys I’m sure… Arriving back at Ko Olina…
When we got back to Ko Olina, we headed to the shopping complex that’s literally across the street from Aulani, as I’d had a lot of questions from people about whether there was anything local where they could go and buy regular items. We wandered around, and I got some photos of the stores here, and where I could, the menus that go with them. There’s certainly a good selection, with a sushi place, coffee shop, pizza place, Mexican place, and another restaurant:
That’s how close Aulani is to this complex!
Then we went into the Island Country Markets by ABC Stores, and my goodness, what a gold mine! Honestly, this place pretty much has everything you could ever want. I took lots of photos to try and give people an idea of the range of items it’s got:
And here were the lunch items for the day:
I got a couple of T-shirts, as they were lovely designs, and they were offering two embroidered T-shirts for $32, which I thought was a good deal. I also got a Hawaiian vest top.
We both bought lunch in there as well. Mark went for the famous Ko Olina burger, an extra large 100% all beef chuck steak burger, fresh Hawaiian pineapple, locally grown tomatoes, green leaf lettuce, all served on a bakery fresh bun. It was massive!
I went for a tub of pineapple and coconut Haagen Dazs, as we can’t get this at home and when we stayed at Sue and Steve’s four years ago, I loved it, but haven’t been able to get this since. And I put away the entire tub for lunch!
We headed back to Aulani, and here a very quick word here about the parking. When we got back, we went up a level, as we’d learnt that’s the level by the lobby – it’s actually marked as P-L as you can see from this photo for lobby, so that’s the best one to aim for…
The view out to Oahu from the car park
As we sat on our balcony eating our healthy lunch we saw Goofy out doing meets and greets, and goodness, he was having fun in the water. We couldn’t believe the antics he got up to!
Of course, we couldn’t resist getting some photos from our room.
Wow that's quite the market! Good to know! I couldn't help but notice how cheap the price of the pineapple compared to here! we pay at least 3 times that! If not more! Love your lunch selection! And Goofy! Ha! That's quite the character!
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Looks yummy!
Tell Mark his burger looked nice, but a burger is a burger .......
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That market had a great selection and the prices weren't bad either. I always thought you and I had a lot in common, but the fact that you had a pint of ice cream for lunch makes you my kind of person. Goofy in the pool?! That is crazy fun.
That market looks like a great place to stock up on some necessities! And, I agree, those ABC stores have anything and everything you could possibly need. When we were in Waikiki Chris and I just laughed because there was literally one of those stores on every block!
Lunch looked yummy too, especially yours! I've never had that flavor, but now I'll be on the lookout for it
I love how Goofy was playing in the water with the guests, looks like fun!
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I'm so glad we got to visit Sachsenhausen, when we went to Berlin, as it really brought it home to you what happened there. 
When you have countries and individual terrorist groups that can get their hands on them, when you don't know what they're going to do with them, then I can see why countries like the USA, England etc. still have them. All as I can think about this is those movies during the 80's and the aftermath of nuclear war. The USA version being "The Day After" with England having "Threads". Both are quite different, but with the same result! 
Alaskan cruise vs. Hawaii - tough call between the two. We said both would be once-in-a-lifetime and now we plan on going back to both, so I think that tells you something... 
we saw Goofy out doing meets and greets, and goodness, he was having fun in the water. 
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