HONOLULU

Honolulu is a very modern city with lots & lots of tall buildings. Also want to tell you what happened when we got back on board on Monday. Somebody had the virus and had it since we got on in San Pedro. You fill out health forms when you get on the ship and Monte & I ask each other if people really told the truth. Guess not!!!!! Don't know how many are sick, they say it's Norovirus, but we don't really know or how many or sick 1 or 100! All we know is everything has become a PAIN. They took all the sugar and salt & pepper off the tables and now serve everything. You can not even get your own drinks and they serve all the food, even off the buffet. The crew is now overworked and some are doing jobs they have never done before and all are getting cranky, even passengers.

This is PunchBowl Cementary. It was a sight to behold.......

When the flag is at half mast, you know that a funeral has just finished or one is to begin in 30 minutes. They have a lot of rituals.

We carried this uh umbrella? with us for about 4 years and just now opened it up. Guess its for only one person.

It is pouring down rain and we did not figure this lady out. She put the umbrellas down to take a pic and not thinking--------they filled with water.

Here is one of the cute ponchos we had to buy when we got to Pearl Harbor. they worked great and got to take them off just before going over to the memorial. $1.25 was the cost for each one.

This is the USS Arizona still below the water. Still leaking oil. Men are still in the ship and about 20 have had their remains put in since. There is to be a man's remains, at his request, put in on December 7, 2011. Anybody that was on the ship on December 7, 1941 is allowed to have their remains put in. They have one entry and put the vase through and it does not come back out.

It is a simple structure and floats above the Arizona. The triangle at the end is a room with the names on the wall and then another wall with the ones that have been buried since.

This is the staduim where the Pro Bowl is played. Sure wish we could have taken a tour.

Then we went to the WalMart of Hawaii - Hilo Hatties. It really is a nice place and has everything you could think of. We did nearly all of our shopping here. The shirt behind Monte is in the Guinness Book.