January 8, 2001 - Monday

Arizona Memorial - Pearl Harbour(Oahu), Hawaii, USA

I got out of the room early today but had to wait for the bus for a while. The bus finally came and it took an hour to get to Pearl Harbour from the Waikiki area. The bus dropped us off and we all headed toward the entrance for the Arizona memorial. It's free to do the tour and there was a 20-minute presentation before we boarded the ferry. Food and snacks were surprisingly cheap too at the snack bar.

The ferry slowly churned through the harbour toward the memorial and it was just sad to see the watery graves of these ships. Not too surprisingly, there were almost no Japanese tourists here. The memorial was an eerie skeletal white structure that sat atop of the sunken battleship. We weren't allowed to take pictures of the memorial once we landed for some reason but we could take pictures from within the memorial.

North Shore (Oahu), Hawaii, USA

After strolling through the memorial in silence, we headed back to the entrance/theater and I caught the bus again headed north. The bus took me along Hawaii's south shore for a while before heading up north through the center of the island. There wasn't any bus service along the west coast of Oahu.

North Shore (Oahu), Hawaii, USA

The bus meandered through the valley and finally came out to the North Shore of Oahu, where the waves were big, pounding the shoreline with power. The bus traveled a little longer and dropped me off at Shark's Cove. It's a small cove where people snorkeled and soaked in the water. I continued on north by foot, walked along a very nice trail along the shore.

North Shore (Oahu), Hawaii, USA

I finally came out on the beach south of Banzai tube and watched surfers perform their tricks and acrobats in and out of the waves. They were very interesting to watch and I sat until sunset where the surfers finally tired out and they left also wet and cold, but happy. I caught the bus after tat and headed back to the hotel.

North Shore (Oahu), Hawaii, USA