My wife has been saying that we don’t travel anywhere. Because of this I thought I would take her out on a super early Valentines day gift and we went on a Hawaii cruise. It was really cool. We saw all the islands, and stopped at all the major ones. I even received a lot of information about each island including histories and things to do in Hawaii. They gave us all this information in the hopes we’d go out and see all the attractions I’m sure, but it really did work. We started out in Honalulu, the capital of Hawaii. It wasn’t what I was expecting at all. I don’t know why I was thinking that there would be more Hawaiian shirts and beaches and wouldn’t really have a big city, just a village on each island. It wasn’t like that at all and I loved the museums and art exhibits we went to see.
Next we went to Hilo which is home of one of the largest macadamia nut producers. It was kind of cool. We looked at all of the tourist attractions including the Naha stone in front of the library, but we didn’t get nearly enough time on the island. The other islands were just as fun. Each with their own special attractions and never enough time to see them all. My wife was most disappointed that we didn’t get to see Maui. She had recently read an article about the things to do Maui and was hoping we would get to see some of them. At least we did get to go to a few Luaus and over all I think it was the most romantic Valentines day date we’ve ever had.
Our last stop on the cruise was Fanning Island. Out of all the places I felt the most at home here. The people were really nice and the beaches felt like they stretched forever. I know the two of us and a bunch of other tourists enjoyed just walking along the beach in pairs and small groups, getting our feet wet and muddy in the beautiful white sands. I hope we come back here sometime.