Our first day of the trip was a very long day. It started at 4 am with us getting up and heading out the door by 4:15. We waited in line to check in our luggage, met the group at the gate, and waited to board the 6:55 am flight to
IAH (Houston). This was a great opportunity to follow one of Doc's famous rules: Sleep when you can! At least in Houston we would have a few hours to walk around before boarding another flight to Honolulu. Good thing the butt doesn't have a lot of nerve endings because sitting for about 6 hours from Boston to Houston and then sitting again for about another 8 hours from Houston to Hawaii would definitely cause a lot of pain.
Hawaii is 5 times zones behind Boston. Since they don't observe daylight savings time (we really should get rid of it), Hawaii is 6 hours behind Boston during the months of April to October. New Zealand is 17 hours ahead of Boston. The whole time change thing will be interesting.
We got to Honolulu around 5 pm local time (10 pm in Boston) and picked up the rental vans. Grabbed a bite to eat at a local Taco Bell. Since this is a budget trip (roughly $3000 for a month), some of the meals we are responsible for on our own, some meals will be provided, and sometimes we'll chip in and purchase sandwich making stuff. After filling up on tacos, we headed to the
Makaha Golf Resort. As Doc stated, we have a long flight in a couple of days. This is a nice rest stop before heading on. Doc released us to our rooms for some sleep, with plans of meeting in his room the next morning at 8 am to start one of the two days we would be spending in
O'ahu.
Our first day of the trip was a very long day. It started at 4 am with us getting up and heading out the door by 4:15. We waited in line to check in our luggage, met the group at the gate, and waited to board the 6:55 am flight to IAH (Houston). This was a great opportunity to follow one of Doc's famous rules: Sleep when you can! At least in Houston we would have a few hours to walk around before boarding another flight to Honolulu. Good thing the butt doesn't have a lot of nerve endings because sitting for about 6 hours from Boston to Houston and then sitting again for about another 8 hours from Houston to Hawaii would definitely cause a lot of pain.
Hawaii is 5 times zones behind Boston. Since they don't observe daylight savings time (we really should get rid of it), Hawaii is 6 hours behind Boston during the months of April to October. New Zealand is 17 hours ahead of Boston. The whole time change thing will be interesting.
We got to Honolulu around 5 pm local time (10 pm in Boston) and picked up the rental vans. Grabbed a bite to eat at a local Taco Bell. Since this is a budget trip (roughly $3000 for a month), some of the meals we are responsible for on our own, some meals will be provided, and sometimes we'll chip in and purchase sandwich making stuff. After filling up on tacos, we headed to the Makaha Golf Resort. As Doc stated, we have a long flight in a couple of days. This is a nice rest stop before heading on. Doc released us to our rooms for some sleep, with plans of meeting in his room the next morning at 8 am to start one of the two days we would be spending in O'ahu.
Hey look! In your second pic it's me and Mel and the jacket I left in Switzerland!
ReplyDeleteOh, how I was not happy about flying from Oregon to Massachusetts to fly back to Hawaii... *sigh*
I feel your pain. That was a nice jacket...someone is enjoying it. Hope all is well!
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