Day 30 - Hawaii

Family in Edgewater Hotel
Family in Edgewater Hotel

David and me at Waikiki
David and me at Waikiki

Waikiki beach
Waikiki beach

Waikiki beach
Waikiki beach

Today we went to Pearl Harbour and went to the USS Arizona Memorial.  You can still see one of the gun turrets which is above water.  The memorial is placed across the sunken hull of the Arizona but it's really only from the air that you can see the outline of the ship (as we saw in postcards).

Me and David at the Arizona Memorial
Me and David at the Arizona Memorial

Arizona Memorial Park
Arizona Memorial Park

USS Arizona Memorial, Pearl Harbour
USS Arizona Memorial, Pearl Harbour

USS Arizona Memorial, Pearl Harbour
USS Arizona Memorial, Pearl Harbour

Gun turret - USS Arizona
Gun turret - USS Arizona

Arizona Memorial
Arizona Memorial

Arizona Memorial
Arizona Memorial

After that was an audio tour which you listened to on these telephone-style handsets.

USS Bowfin
USS Bowfin

USS Bowfin submarine at Pearl Harbour with us listening to the audio tour
USS Bowfin submarine at Pearl Harbour with us listening to the audio tour

In the afternoon we did a bit of shopping, and I got a nice Hawaii tshirt.

Wai Canal, Honolulu
Wai Canal, Honolulu

Lawns in Honolulu
Lawns in Honolulu

Iolani Palace
Iolani Palace

Honolulu skyscrapers
Honolulu skyscrapers