Honolulu & Waikiki Beach - Our arrival in Hawaii (Travel Report USA)

After almost 2 months on a world trip we left the American Continent today and flew further west to Honolulu in Hawaii… 12,000 kilometres from Frankfurt at the other end of the world.

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Arrival in Honolulu on the island of Oahu

After a six-hour flight from Las Vegas with Allegiant Air, we landed in Honolulu on the island of Oahu in the early afternoon.

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Welcome to Hawaii

Our travel plans for Hawaii

Our plan for the next 12 days is to see all the major islands of Hawaii. To do this, we fly:

(1) from Las Vegas to Honolulu (O’ahu)
(2) from Honolulu to Lihue (Kauai)
(3) from Lihue to Kahului (Maui)
(4) from Kahului to Hilo (Big Island)

From Hilo we return to Honolulu and from there to Sydney in Australia.

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Our travel plans for Hawaii

Our Hotel Honolulu

Since we had booked our rental car only from the next day, we took the bus to Waikiki. This was super easy, as the city buses leave directly in front of the terminal. But beware: normally it is not allowed to take large suitcases or luggage on the bus (TheBus – Rules, Regulations and Rider Tips). But since there wasn’t much going on with us, the bus driver luckily didn’t say anything about it 🙂

For the next three nights we had booked a room at the Hotel Maile Sky Court (now Holiday Inn Express Waikiki). And best of all, we got a room on the 44th floor with a great view of Waikiki. The location and the price were the decisive criterion for us for the booking. During that period there was nothing cheaper in Waikiki. We had a room on the 44th floor with great views of Waikiki. The room is ok, but a bit old. But which is completely ok, because you are already on the road all day. It was a bit strange that such a large hotel only offers Wi-Fi in the lobby, which unfortunately worked only badly. Parking is very expensive in the hotel (25 USD per 24 h). Nearby you will also find free parking – you just have to be patient. In 5 – 10 min you are at Waikiki Beach. Shopping in the immediate vicinity. The bus stop for Pearl Harbor and the airport is just 2 blocks away. The staff at the reception were very friendly and helpful.

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Our room at Hotel Maile Sky Court

Der Waikiki Beach

After we had dropped our things, we got out again immediately, because we wanted to look at the area a bit. The first port of call was the famous Waikiki Beach, which we imagined a bit bigger. We could see a few surfers, but the waves were not very high today. After that we walked a bit through the very clean and touristy (shops, restaurants, tour operators) area around Kuhio and Kalakaua Avenues and bought us something to eat at a market.

Alley with surfboards in Waikiki

Der Waikiki Beach

Surfboards at Waikiki Beach

Der Waikiki Beach

Statue Duke Kahanamoku

Der Waikiki Beach

Tree in Waikiki on the beach

Statue Duke Kahanamoku

The Starbucks Cup by Waikiki

Seit einiger Zeit sammeln wir die Starbucks Tassen der Städte (City Mugs) und Inseln, die wir auf unseren Reisen besuchen. Die großen Tassen gibt es leider nicht von jeder Stadt, in der es auch eine Starbucks Filiale gibt. Aber wenn es eine solche Tasse gibt, dann finden wir diese ein wirklich schönes Andenken. Hierbei sammeln wir allerdings (fast) nur Städtetassen der 2008 erschienenen “Global Icon Serie”. Unsere komplette Sammlung könnt Ihr Euch hier ansehen: Starbucks – Unsere Tassensammlung der Global Icon Serie

Waikiki has several Starbucks stores and also a really nice cup with a hula dancer, which is now very rare and correspondingly expensive.

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The Starbucks City Cup of Waikiki

Unsere Reiseberichte von Hawaii (2015)

Unsere Weltreise führte uns nach fast 2 Monaten vom amerikanischen Festland nach Hawaii. Inmitten des Pazifischen Ozeans gelegen, 3.600 Kilometer vom US-amerikanischen Festland entfernt, liegt der 50. Bundesstaat der USA. Für viele der Inbegriff der Südsee. Während unseres zweiwöchigen Aufenthalts auf Hawaii haben wir vier der sechs Hauptinseln besucht: Kauai, O‘ahu, Maui und Big Island. Jede dieser Inseln hat ihre eigene Persönlichkeit, Natur und Sehenswürdigkeiten und bietet allen Geschmäckern unterschiedliche Aktivitäten: Von der Großstadt Honolulu mit dem berühmten Waikiki Beach, dem faszinierenden Waimea Canyon und der atemberaubenden Napali Coast auf Kauai, der bekannten Road to Hana auf Maui bis hin zum aktivsten Vulkan der Welt auf Big Island. Die Inseln versprühen ein einzigartiges Flair und haben uns sehr schnell mit dem berühmten Aloha-Charme verzaubert.