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The World At Your Fingertips

Honolulu, Hawaii 2022

Hawaii, Day Five — Snorkeling and Polynesian Culture

March 24, 2022March 25, 2022Hawaii

We woke up around 7:30 to the sound of the rooster in the park across the street. We packed up our stuff and headed to IHOP for breakfast, and some people ran out to get coffee. After we were all filled we headed to the lobby to meet up with everyone. We met as...

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Hawaii, Day Four – Secret Island Beach

March 22, 2022March 22, 2022Hawaii

After an early rise with an optional iHop breakfast, we sailed out to sea, hiking far and wide through the forest all the way to Secret Island. Our day was filled with paddle boarding, kayaking, sandbar swimming, glass-bottom boat riding, volleyball playing, suntanning, and ping pong competing. The sea turtles were incredible and the...

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Hawaii, Day Three — Waterfalls & pineapples

March 21, 2022March 23, 2022Hawaii

After a delicious breakfast at the famous Courtyard Marriott IHOP, we hopped on our tour bus with our lovely tour guide Carlos to make our way to the beautiful botanical garden in the Waimea Valley. Our wonderful bus driver Aunty Lehua brought us on a tour of the island and showed us famous movie...

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Hawaii, Day Two — Sunrise hike and South Shore

March 21, 2022March 21, 2022Hawaii

Our day started with an adventurous hike on the Diamond Head Summit Trail, where we reached the summit and took exquisite photos. Then we enjoyed our first of many breakfasts at IHOP before heading out on a sightseeing tour of the South Shore led by our bus driver. We stopped at a couple different...

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Hawaii, Day One — Travel & sightseeing

March 21, 2022March 21, 2022Hawaii

We met at MFS at 3:30 am to board a bus to Newark airport. There was a little hiccup because we were meant to have two buses but only had one! But we packed the luggage carefully and somehow all fit. The flight was 12 hours from Newark to Honolulu nonstop. We had to...

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