Day 7 , Friday August 14, 2009
All times are Hawaiian Standard Time (HST).
At Lunchtime My mom and I went to the underground level of the Waikiki Shopping Plaza where the food court is ....my mom got her lunch at Subway (a major sandwich shop chain) and I got my personal cheese pizza from Pizza Hut.
Afternoon--I went ocean swimming & my mom went to the rooftop swimming pool. I loves beaches and ocean swimming and You can consider me as a beach bum!
We went to Denny's for dinner and then we went over to the park by the US Army Museum to watch beautiful sunset , wow!
After sunset I went to a free hula show at the Waikiki Town Center on Kuhio Avenue and then I went visiting stores on Kuhio Avenue and Kalakaua Avenue. I went to bed at around 10:30 pm.
Good-bye to Aloha state !
Saturday August 15, 2009
Our jet plane took off at 3:30 pm for Phoenix , Arizona ...hours later at about 11:45 pm Arizona Mountain Standard Time (MST) We finally landed in Phoenix .
I myself went to bed before 2 am Arizona time.
Hawaii and Arizona are only 2 states always on standard time all year around , Hawaii (state) is always 3 hours behind Arizona.
Next time I will be in Hawaii (state) will be in January 2010 , in the island of Kauai according to my current travel plans as of August 25, 2009 tuesday.
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Hawaiian vacation 2009 Day 6
Day 6 Thursday August 13, 2009
All times are Hawaiian Standard Time (HST) .
At around 10:30 am our tour bus left for the Polynesian Cultural Center (PCC) which is one hour drive --one way from Waikiki. PCC is located in a small town called Laie , in the north part of Oahu.
At PCC we had a tour guide and his first name was Leon. Between 12 noon and 4 pm It rained and rained at PCC!
At PCC lunch and dinner are served.
At 7:30 pm " HA : Breath of Life" show at the Pacific Theatre inside the PCC began and it ended at around 9:00 pm. This show was excellent.
We got back to our condo at around 10:35 pm.
Now about Polynesian Cultural Center (PCC) ... I did not understand what these staff and Leon said about the histories and cultures of the Polynesian lands such as Tahiti, Fiji, Tonga, and our own Hawaii because there were no sign language interpreters at all ! I wonder if PCC is required by Federal law , the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to provide sign language interpreters for deaf visitors ??? Good question!
All times are Hawaiian Standard Time (HST) .
At around 10:30 am our tour bus left for the Polynesian Cultural Center (PCC) which is one hour drive --one way from Waikiki. PCC is located in a small town called Laie , in the north part of Oahu.
At PCC we had a tour guide and his first name was Leon. Between 12 noon and 4 pm It rained and rained at PCC!
At PCC lunch and dinner are served.
At 7:30 pm " HA : Breath of Life" show at the Pacific Theatre inside the PCC began and it ended at around 9:00 pm. This show was excellent.
We got back to our condo at around 10:35 pm.
Now about Polynesian Cultural Center (PCC) ... I did not understand what these staff and Leon said about the histories and cultures of the Polynesian lands such as Tahiti, Fiji, Tonga, and our own Hawaii because there were no sign language interpreters at all ! I wonder if PCC is required by Federal law , the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to provide sign language interpreters for deaf visitors ??? Good question!
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Hawaiian Vacation 2009 Day 5
Day 5 Wednesday August 12, 2009
All times are Hawaiian Standard Time (HST) .
My mom and I had lunch at Denny's at around 12 noon or 12:30 pm.
This afternoon I went ocean swimming and later i went to the rooftop swimming pool.
Around 5:15 pm my mom and I got our dinner at Panda Express , a gourmet chinese food restaurant at 2nd level Food Court inside the Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center (RHSC) . I loves chinese food , mmm! Great restaurant for sure.
Immediately after our dinner we went to the Royal Grove which is a park-like area in the middle of this vast shopping center for a 6 pm free hula show and it was cancelled due to wet weather! GRRR! I loves to go to free hula shows !
At around 6:30 pm I decided to do something that I never did before in all my previous trips to Honolulu , Oahu ---visit a local church which is Waikiki Baptist church at 424 Kuamo'0 Street. This local church is a half-mile west of my condo, The Imperial of Waikiki. That Waikiki Baptist church have a wednesday night bible study at 7 pm. It lasts for one hour to one hour and a half-hour. But bad news to all deaf and hard of hearing people world-wide is that Waikiki Baptist church have NO sign language interpreters or separate deaf services or deaf ministry ..none at all!
It have been raining on and off all day and all night in Honolulu.
All times are Hawaiian Standard Time (HST) .
My mom and I had lunch at Denny's at around 12 noon or 12:30 pm.
This afternoon I went ocean swimming and later i went to the rooftop swimming pool.
Around 5:15 pm my mom and I got our dinner at Panda Express , a gourmet chinese food restaurant at 2nd level Food Court inside the Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center (RHSC) . I loves chinese food , mmm! Great restaurant for sure.
Immediately after our dinner we went to the Royal Grove which is a park-like area in the middle of this vast shopping center for a 6 pm free hula show and it was cancelled due to wet weather! GRRR! I loves to go to free hula shows !
At around 6:30 pm I decided to do something that I never did before in all my previous trips to Honolulu , Oahu ---visit a local church which is Waikiki Baptist church at 424 Kuamo'0 Street. This local church is a half-mile west of my condo, The Imperial of Waikiki. That Waikiki Baptist church have a wednesday night bible study at 7 pm. It lasts for one hour to one hour and a half-hour. But bad news to all deaf and hard of hearing people world-wide is that Waikiki Baptist church have NO sign language interpreters or separate deaf services or deaf ministry ..none at all!
It have been raining on and off all day and all night in Honolulu.
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Hawaiian Vacation 2009 Day 4
Day 4 Tuesday August 11, 2009
All times are Hawaiian Standard Time (HST) .
This morning I made a short video of my condo building --The Imperial of Waikiki with my Nikon coolpix digital camera , then I stopped at Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center (RHSC) 's Starbucks coffee and I had a mocha coconut frappuccino.
This morning My mom went to the condo owners's meeting in the Owners's Lounge on the 26th floor of our condo building.
Also this morning I went to a new Apple computer store inside the RHSC some other customers and I were allowed to play iphones , very cool ! I asked a saleswoman there if iphones come with data plans included in monthly charges and she said to me , yes it is included. She told me that iphones work best with gmail, Google's E-mail service. I did not buy any iphones or any Apple computers .
At noontime My mom and I went to the Subway , sandwich shop in nearby hotel for lunch.
About 2:15 pm I went back to the RHSC Starbucks coffee to have a mocha coconut frappuccino , at same time I sort of flirted a cute young asian -american woman who is a Starbucks Coffee employee there and her name is Kat and sadly she is not single , darn it ! I first saw Kat at her work yesterday morning .
Mid-afternoon I went swimming in rooftop pool on the 27th floor of our condo building .
We had dinner in our condo.
Evening--I went to the Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center (RHSC) to visit some other stores and i did not buy anything else there and then I went back to my condo and I watched a movie on TV.
All times are Hawaiian Standard Time (HST) .
This morning I made a short video of my condo building --The Imperial of Waikiki with my Nikon coolpix digital camera , then I stopped at Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center (RHSC) 's Starbucks coffee and I had a mocha coconut frappuccino.
This morning My mom went to the condo owners's meeting in the Owners's Lounge on the 26th floor of our condo building.
Also this morning I went to a new Apple computer store inside the RHSC some other customers and I were allowed to play iphones , very cool ! I asked a saleswoman there if iphones come with data plans included in monthly charges and she said to me , yes it is included. She told me that iphones work best with gmail, Google's E-mail service. I did not buy any iphones or any Apple computers .
At noontime My mom and I went to the Subway , sandwich shop in nearby hotel for lunch.
About 2:15 pm I went back to the RHSC Starbucks coffee to have a mocha coconut frappuccino , at same time I sort of flirted a cute young asian -american woman who is a Starbucks Coffee employee there and her name is Kat and sadly she is not single , darn it ! I first saw Kat at her work yesterday morning .
Mid-afternoon I went swimming in rooftop pool on the 27th floor of our condo building .
We had dinner in our condo.
Evening--I went to the Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center (RHSC) to visit some other stores and i did not buy anything else there and then I went back to my condo and I watched a movie on TV.
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Hawaiian Vacation 2009 Day 3
Day 3 Monday August 10, 2009
Late morning my mom and I went to the Hilo Hatties store to do some shopping. It was wet with light rain. After Hilo Hatties we went to a new store on Lewers Street , it is " Honolulu Cookie Company". This new store bakes and sells cookies with unique hawaiian flavors.
Then we went to Denny's for late lunch.
Afternoon--I watched TV and relaxing. Our condo --The Imperial of Waikiki have cable TV.
After dinner at our condo I went to take pictures of hawaiian sunset then I walked around Waikiki . Later I stopped at Borders Express bookstore on the 2nd level near the Food Court inside the Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center (RHSC) and I did not buy anything there at RHSC. Then I went back to my condo.
Someone on the Hilo Hatties trolley told my mother that Hilo Hatties is going to declare bankruptcy ! How shocking ! I hope that Hilo Hatties will still open after bankruptcy.
Late morning my mom and I went to the Hilo Hatties store to do some shopping. It was wet with light rain. After Hilo Hatties we went to a new store on Lewers Street , it is " Honolulu Cookie Company". This new store bakes and sells cookies with unique hawaiian flavors.
Then we went to Denny's for late lunch.
Afternoon--I watched TV and relaxing. Our condo --The Imperial of Waikiki have cable TV.
After dinner at our condo I went to take pictures of hawaiian sunset then I walked around Waikiki . Later I stopped at Borders Express bookstore on the 2nd level near the Food Court inside the Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center (RHSC) and I did not buy anything there at RHSC. Then I went back to my condo.
Someone on the Hilo Hatties trolley told my mother that Hilo Hatties is going to declare bankruptcy ! How shocking ! I hope that Hilo Hatties will still open after bankruptcy.
Monday, August 17, 2009
Hawaiian Vacation 2009 --Day 2
Sunday August 9, 2009 Day 2
All times are Hawaii Standard Time (HST) .
After 10 am My mom and I went to a new Starbucks Coffee at the Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center ( RHSC) and we had an unique hawaiian beverage called " Mocha coconut frappuccino coffee " and it was very good! This Starbucks coffee location is only one Starbucks coffee store inside the entire Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center (RHSC) and it faces Lewers Street.
Later We went to the Cheesecake Factory inside the RHSC for lunch and we had an unique hawaiian food called " Hawaiian fish burgers" , and it was very delicious.
While we were there we sat next to a Japanese family --parents & 2 children , one boy and one girl. I saw a japanese mother talked to her daughter in sign language like gestures ...I thought that it was japanese sign language (JSL) .
After that great lunch at the Cheesecake Factory we went across Kalakaua Avenue to the world famous International Marketplace to do some shopping , while We were there we stopped at the Maui divers booth and my mom told me that the ladies working at this booth remembered us ! What a small world indeed.
After we were done with shopping ...My mom went to the rooftop swimming pool which is on the 27th floor of our timeshare condo building , The Imperial of Waikiki , and I went ocean swimming by the Royal Hawaiian Hotel which is a pink hotel building.
We had our dinner inside our condo, and relaxing.
All times are Hawaii Standard Time (HST) .
After 10 am My mom and I went to a new Starbucks Coffee at the Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center ( RHSC) and we had an unique hawaiian beverage called " Mocha coconut frappuccino coffee " and it was very good! This Starbucks coffee location is only one Starbucks coffee store inside the entire Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center (RHSC) and it faces Lewers Street.
Later We went to the Cheesecake Factory inside the RHSC for lunch and we had an unique hawaiian food called " Hawaiian fish burgers" , and it was very delicious.
While we were there we sat next to a Japanese family --parents & 2 children , one boy and one girl. I saw a japanese mother talked to her daughter in sign language like gestures ...I thought that it was japanese sign language (JSL) .
After that great lunch at the Cheesecake Factory we went across Kalakaua Avenue to the world famous International Marketplace to do some shopping , while We were there we stopped at the Maui divers booth and my mom told me that the ladies working at this booth remembered us ! What a small world indeed.
After we were done with shopping ...My mom went to the rooftop swimming pool which is on the 27th floor of our timeshare condo building , The Imperial of Waikiki , and I went ocean swimming by the Royal Hawaiian Hotel which is a pink hotel building.
We had our dinner inside our condo, and relaxing.
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Hawaiian Vacation 2009 --Day one.
My Hawaiian vacation began on Saturday August 8, 2009 --Day one.
My mother and I took off from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport for Honolulu , Oahu at around 8:25 am Mountain Standard Time (MST) .
Hours later finally we landed in Honolulu, Oahu before 12 noon Hawaii Standard Time (HST) .
After we checked in at the Imperial of Waikiki at 205 Lewers Street which is a timeshare condo ( also known as vacation condo) we went to Denny's restaurant ( same address) for lunch , and I had a grilled Mahi Mahi . Mahi Mahi is a warm Pacific ocean fish only available as seafood on Hawaiian Islands ...It is not served or on sale on US Mainland.
After lunch My mom had her nap while I explored an area around the Imperial of Waikiki .
We had dinner inside our condo , then I went exploring/walking Kalakaua Avenue and Kuhio Avenue. I saw some new stores, bars, and nightclubs on both Kuhio Ave & Kalakaua Ave. Plus I noticed some changes at the Royal Hawaiian shopping center such as a new Starbucks Coffee which faces Lewers Street, and a new Apple Computer store, and a few new stores as well as old stores & restaurants still open now.
My Mom and I went to bed by 10:30 pm HST.
My mother and I took off from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport for Honolulu , Oahu at around 8:25 am Mountain Standard Time (MST) .
Hours later finally we landed in Honolulu, Oahu before 12 noon Hawaii Standard Time (HST) .
After we checked in at the Imperial of Waikiki at 205 Lewers Street which is a timeshare condo ( also known as vacation condo) we went to Denny's restaurant ( same address) for lunch , and I had a grilled Mahi Mahi . Mahi Mahi is a warm Pacific ocean fish only available as seafood on Hawaiian Islands ...It is not served or on sale on US Mainland.
After lunch My mom had her nap while I explored an area around the Imperial of Waikiki .
We had dinner inside our condo , then I went exploring/walking Kalakaua Avenue and Kuhio Avenue. I saw some new stores, bars, and nightclubs on both Kuhio Ave & Kalakaua Ave. Plus I noticed some changes at the Royal Hawaiian shopping center such as a new Starbucks Coffee which faces Lewers Street, and a new Apple Computer store, and a few new stores as well as old stores & restaurants still open now.
My Mom and I went to bed by 10:30 pm HST.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Photos of my Las Vegas trip part 3
MGM Grand Hotel casino.
A small version of the Statue of Liberty at New York, New York Hotel casino.
New York, New York Hotel casino.
The Excalibur Hotel casino.
New York, New York Hotel casino.
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