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Day 9 in Paradise - OAHU, HAWAII

Our last morning in Waikiki *sigh* still makes me sad :(  We had a little bit of time by the pool (before we got rained on) and then had a quick lunch before heading for the airport and back home.  Here are just a few last shots from the hotel.  Just LOVE the colour of the water!

Uh, yeah, it rains sometimes there.  But luckily, NOT like Vancouver, these clouds disappear in about 15 minutes.

And one last look at our view from our Hotel room at the Hilton Grand Vacations Club at the Hilton Hawaiian Village.  Fun place to stay.

Day 8 in Paradise - OAHU, HAWAII

On our last full day in Hawaii we decided to head back up to Oahu’s North Shore and go horseback riding on the beach at the Turtle Bay Resort and this turned out to be an AWESOME idea and I would totally recommend it.  The weather was a bit iffy and though we had some major major traffic issues early in the morning to get there it was totally worth it.  I love horses.  I always have, ever since I was little and went to England and Ireland with my dad - fell in love.  It’s been a long time since I’ve been able to go riding but this was really great.  We drove down the windward side of the island back to Waikiki and ended the day poolside.  *sigh* doesn’t get much better than that.

Oh, and on the way back to the hotel we spotted a lot of people in Ala Moana Park, then we noticed, they were filming Hawaii five-O there.  So I was frantically trying to get out my camera and had to stick my camera out the window and shoot blind to take the photo.  Turns out, I caught the two main characters in the shot.  We actually saw the episode with this scene in it last Monday - kinda fun.

Oh, and I can’t wait to see Water for Elephants.  The book was a good read.