Catching ZZZ's

Fiji

After an exhausting day in Hawaii I headed to the airport with two carry-ons in my bikini and coverup. I was expecting to get through check in no problem then, go into the restroom and clean up and change and rearrange my luggage. Well...    my duffle (carry-on according to Alaska Air) was too big and I had to check it in. thus I had to speedily change all I could to my backpack and such while everyone wanted to get the line moving again. Needless to say I forgot some stuff (like underwear). 

Making it through the line I headed for the bathroom and changed best as I could out of my swimwear. Then I headed for the sink and mirror to clean up from the beach best as I could.  If mirrors cracked from ugly sights like the kids joke this mirror would have been in millions of pieces. I had to double take my hair was such a mess! After cleaning up I headed to the gate to wait. Plane came at 2am finally and it was a long flight but not too bad. 

I made it to the Hotel in Fiji about 10:30 am and slept from there. Everyone in Fiji is so incredibly nice and it is such a beautiful country that I am sad to say that I slept most of the day except for meals. 

Next morning I left the hotel at 5am for my flight so unfortunately no pictures were taken the whole time I was there. If I could fire myself I would. 

Plane flight to Brisbane was alright, made nicer by a women traveling like me but coming from Alaska and meeting up with friends.

"Oh the places you'll go" -Dr. Seuss

Hawaii

   

The Inn I stayed at was a lot more sketchy than this picture makes it look. Filters can do amazing things!

  I'm sitting at the airport waiting. Waiting means lots of thinking and facebooking and there are all sorts of things I would like to post; I highly dislike it when people constantly post, especially on vacation.  So in order to remedy this I have decided to create a blog! Just so the reader (probably just my family) knows this is day two. If I were smart (wish I was) I would have started yesterday on this. I would have also remembered that as a solo traveler I can't sunscreen my back.

Wild Chickens!

Rooster wants to ride the waves.

After making it to the other side of Diamondhead rd. there was a pretty rainbow. 

Should have known the clouds and rainbow meant the next minute I had to run for cover it was pouring and I got drenched

   That last sentence is what led me to all this really. The bliss of taking my backpack off of my sunburn that had the knot of my swimsuit rubbing into my sunburned back after walking the Diamond head rd. and back was wonderful.  And thank goodness for buses even IF they are very confusing to a public transit beginner. 

    O'ahu is beautiful, Waikiki is beautiful, the whole beach and area out of the CBD is beautiful, the birds and wildlife are gorgeous even the wild chickens.  I wish I had gone to the Pearl Harbor Memorial but hey, one more reason to come back! After just over 24 hrs I got lots of pretty pictures and when I come back I hope someone/s will be there to share in the fun and maybe sunscreen my back.

Lots of fun,
     Sami

 
“The gladdest moment in human life, me thinks, is a departure into unknown lands.” – Sir Richard Burton

Ps. Mom should be proud I used my hat, sunglasses, and sunscreen everywhere I could reach. I'm making progress already!