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Newark Liberty Airport after clearing TSA around 4:30 am
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At 4:45 am most travelers are looking for coffee
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Inside the airport in Houston
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We waited at gate E7 to catch our flight to Honolulu
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When we arrived at the Hilton for our two night stay, the main check in desk had been much busier
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The elevator lounge of the third floor of the Tapa Tower
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The view from our room T330 in the Tapa Tower of the Hilton
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We also overlooked the Tapa pool
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We are happy to be in Hawaii - the first time for Peg and my second time
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The lovely grounds of the Hilton Hawaiian Village
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We went to the Round Table Pizza in the complex for our dinner after a long day flying
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We walked around the Hilton Hawaiian Village and spotted this banyan tree
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We crashed early, and I forgot to photograph room T339 until the next morning
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The room at the Hilton was quite comfortable
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Peg checks some information at the main lobby
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Since the lobby is open-air, you can see the grounds around it quite easliy
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On my first visit to Hawaii in 1969, I had stayed in the Rainbow Tower
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The view across Ala Moana Boulevard as seen from the front of ABC Store #83
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Goofy Café & Dine
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Looking down Ala Moana Boulevard
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People walking below the flowering trees on a weekday in Honolulu
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There are a lot more towers in Honolulu than I remember from my visit in 1969.
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A wonderful name for an Avenue
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This "International Marketplace" is nothing like the one that was in Honolulu 55 years ago.
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Statue of Duke Paoa Kahinu Mokoe Hulikohola Kahanamoku was a Hawaiian competition swimmer who popularized the sport of surfing
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View from the double decker E Noa tour bus
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So many balconies in Honolulu
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Flowering tree
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The Ali Wai Canal in Honolulu was dug to drain the rice paddies and develop the city
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A view of the Aloha Tower from Ala Moana Boulevard