Day 3 was a bit of a write off. Still struggling with the time zone change, we slept in until 2pm. Doh! So the rest of the afternoon was spent finding lunch, a little shopping, and more swimming at the beach.

Day 4 we booked a shuttle service to Hanauma Bay. Hanauma Bay is a popular snorkelling location, not too far from Waikiki. Our Shuttle service was with Tommys Tours, and I have to say, they did a great job! Our driver was a native Hawaiian lady who went by the name “Home Girl”. Home Girl was a funny lady, who recalled jokes and stories for our journey both ways. Actually, I remember at one stage she had the entire shuttle bus singing along with her Anyway, Tommy’s Tour was basically a transport service to Hanauma Bay, and they also provided us with snorkeling gear.

On arrival to Hanauma Bay, we we’re required to watch a movie  before we could begin snorkeling. The movie basically covered some rules and guidelines in order to protect the bay and its sea life. I was fortunate enough to visit Hanuama Bay back in the 1980’s, and I must say the coral and sea life was much more abundant and colourful. I guess having thousands of tourists a day over a 20 year period has really taken its toll on the reef. The water was very rough the day we arrived, so we did not spend too much time snorkeling. But it wasn’t a total waist of a day…we managed to do a lot of swimming and sun baking

For dinner that night we went to a place called Gyu-Kaku. Gyu-Kaku is a Japanese BBQ restaurant, and would end up being our favourite place to eat…yes, even out ranking the Cheese Cake Factory There is nothing special about eating at Gyu-Kaku…just your standard Japanese BBQ, but damn the meat is soooo good! And service is great! I highly recommend dining there!