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Well it’s time! Have been putting this off, as I wanted a reminder of the wonderful moment I got to meet, Marg & Jess. But it’s time to delete our countdown clocks. How I don’t want to & wished it was just starting all over again. Though I know in my heart of hearts, that we will see each other again, in the not too distant future - That I know.
It is also time that I started down the road of annoying everyone, with adventures & photos of our dream holiday. It is now a month since our return home, yet in our minds eye, it only seemed like yesterday. Steve & I are still finding it a bit hard to feel settled being back home.
We started our holiday in Hawaii after a 9 hour flight from Sydney.What a pity that air travel is so traumatic these days! So unlike all of the travel brochures which glamorise this stressful activity. And what a shame that airport operators cannot design and position signs, which help you find your way, rather than help you get lost !
But we finally made it to Honolulu, only to find that they are trying to redesign their airport to be even worse than Sydney’s ! All they have to do is go to Singapore and copy Changi airport ! It is that simple. Instead we waited over an hour for our hotel transfer, as the bus got bogged down in airport road works !
Waikiki beach is now just a tourist strip of T shirts and key ring shops, but it was nice to have a break in our journey, where Canada was our real destination. So, we did the tourist thing and enjoyed this beautiful fountain on Waikiki Beach, after a long walk up & down Kalakaua Ave.  A couple of locals welcomed Steve & me and at least reminded me of the birds I had left behind at home.  Whilst our mobile phones worked OK on global roaming, our 240v chargers did not seem to be compatible with 110v sockets ! We sought technical advice but it seems that we were the first Australians with mobile phones, ever to have visited Hawaii ! So much helpful advice, but so little result. ! In the end we just bought a two pin plug and stuck it in the wall socket- and it worked ! The battery charged, just a bit slower on the lower voltage ! Just part of the overseas travel experience !  This was Waikiki Beach before the crowds. Stopping in Hawaii was just to have a couple of days break before continuing on to Vancouver Island, Canada,which was another 7 hour flight, via Seattle. We enjoyed the rest but Honolulu was too commercialised for us & we both felt our dream holiday was not going to start till we arrived in Canada. Love to all Janice This one i'm sneaking in of Steve enjoying a local??????  Please no-one tell him! |
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It was with tears that i deleted our countdown clock my dear friend, i know in my heart of hearts that there will come a time, that we will have another one up.....HELP Deb and I also thankyou so very much for all your & hubbies effort in doing our last one.
on me.
Love Janice xxxx
