A fair night sleep before berthing at the Hawaiian bonus port of Nawiliwili. We’d been here before in 2007 when we’d hired a car and seen what we wanted to see, so this time, we just watched as the people queued for the free shuttles.
Ship berthed on the port side.
One of our identical el Cheapo, $30 Vodafone pre-pay phones still worked, Paula’s of course…
As we’d been processed in SF, just a walk off.
See below regarding shuttles.
We did need either a government ID or passport copy on our return.
Cruise cards checked on returning to the dock area.
Scanning ashore of hand luggage on return – and this time, there were many bottles of spirits taken, to be returned the night before departure.
We watched from our cabin for quite a while, the long queues for shuttles. Initially, the first shuttles were a free trolley to Anchor Cove, and a free van shuttle to the same place. Many were leaving less than half full – then the K Mart shuttle arrived. They left full, but the big wait was for the Walmart shuttle van. The queues were very long, stretching half the length of the terminal building.
By the time we opted to go ashore, the queues were still long and it was a shambles. We would have been happy enough with the Anchor Cove shuttles, but there was no organisation in getting people on, so they were still leaving less than half full.
We turned around and walked out to Anchor Cove – which was less than 10 minutes away anyway!
A nice coffee, then a wander around (there was free Wi-Fi available). Paula found a couple of the colourful dyed, lightweight dresses she likes and then a container of fresh mango for $4.
The toy/model shop had ukuleles for sale, but they were expensive, ditto in another souvenir shop.
We kept bumping into Mal & Marie, Peter and Sharon and took over their table at JJ’s, overlooking the small, but popular beach, when they opted to go for a swim before their planned helicopter ride at 3pm. Earlier in the day, M & M had got locked in their cabin for 40 minutes, which is a worry had the ship been sinking.
We had three burger sliders with chips which we shared and a coke each.
Some of the booze in the ABC shop was quite cheap, but nothing compared to what people brought back from Walmart! The little card table they use for illegally brought aboard spirits was groaning under the weight of the 2 litre bottles. Some people mistakenly think that the spirits are forfeited, but they are not, they are just held.
We’d planned a surprise for Roy at dinner, by placing my Alaskan husky hat in his cupboard. Needless to say, this caused poor Roy a real shock and gave us yet another laugh when he opened it. In fact, the $15 paid for the hat was probably worth it just for that.
We had a couple of dances in the Atrium with Graham and Lynda before retiring.
Honolulu tomorrow, another port where we have been several times before but we cancelled a tour to the Arizona Memorial, as in 30 degree heat, a 2 hour queue, even on a ship’s tour, was less than appealing. It is very warm out and I suspect that it will affect me in the reverse way that the UK used to. There, I’d be out in the fresh air OK, but many buildings were stuffily hot inside which usually gave me a succession of chills and sinus problems, going from the cold to the heat. Here, it is warm out and air conditioned inside, which at times, is almost too cool.
Sorry, not much in the way of pics of the island, but if I was at home, I could have added a few from 2007.
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