BYOV: bring your own vegetables: Hawaii Trip: 9 Day Itinerary

Friday, December 16, 2016

Days	Purpose	Activity
1	Airplane Recovery	Buffet breakfast with complimentary mimosas. Rent a beach-front cabana all day, and drink your weight in fruity beverages. Borrow snorkel gear or just float about. Go to Wakoloa Village for an affordable dinner.
2	Hilo-side, Hawai'i Island	Akatsuka Orchid Gardens on the way to Volcanoes National Park - lava tube, desolation trail, petroglyphs, craters, real live lava!!!
3	Waikiki, O'ahu	Fly to O'ahu in the early afternoon, then hike up Diamond Head State Monument. Hit the beach bars at night and enjoy the live music and hula.
4	Pearl Harbor, O'ahu	Visit the historical USS Arizona Memorial, USS Missouri, and the Aviation Museum. Catch a ride back to the airport in a weird taxi with a driver that plays the guitar at red lights and hands you a mini-Bible on your way out the door. Tasty Thai food in Hilo.
5	Bumming Around the Hotel	Spend time reading by the pool. Have lunch on the resort grounds. Attend the hotel's luau that night (Saturday).
6	Shopping & Macadamias	Souvenir shopping south in Kona at Ali'i Drive, then go on a hunt for a macadamia and coffee farm even further south. Have a nice dinner at the hotel restaurant.
7	Local Beach	Head to Holoholokai Beach, realize it is rocky but hang out for a bit anyways. Spend the rest of the day bumming around the hotel playing ukelele or whatever.
8	Snorkel & Hapuna Beach	Take a SeaQuest 4 hour snorkel boat tour in the morning. Grab lunch at the Hawaii Grille, then head back to the resort for an afternoon visit to Hapuna Beach.
9	Departure	Paddleboard & snorkel at the hotel's beach, visit Costco, and get the heck outta dodge.