{"id":2468,"date":"2017-07-13T09:26:56","date_gmt":"2017-07-13T13:26:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mayliang.us\/?p=2468"},"modified":"2017-07-13T09:26:56","modified_gmt":"2017-07-13T13:26:56","slug":"summer-2017-honolulu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mayliang.us\/?p=2468","title":{"rendered":"Summer 2017: Honolulu"},"content":{"rendered":"

I know it seems as if we go to Honolulu all the time, but all I can say is that we aren\u2019t ever there often enough.<\/p>\n

We were the winning bid at a charity auction for a week at a house in Honolulu belonging to Kathy Ireland (note: our kids had no idea who she was) and decided to try out the staying-at-a-house concept over staying at the Halekulani. We cajoled some friends of ours to join us on our trip.<\/p>\n

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sunrise at Villa Elizabeth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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view from Villa Elizabeth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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view from Villa Elizabeth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The kids took surfing lessons and hung out at the beach, but we also managed to fit in some semi-educational moments. The Punchbowl (officially known as the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific) contains not only a detailed description of the battles in the Pacific but also some of the most stunning views of the city.<\/p>\n

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National Memorial of the Pacific<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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view from the Punchbowl<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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view from the Punchbowl<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And you can see why Hanauma Bay was reserved for the Hawaiian royal family. My personal highlight was seeing a sea turtle for the first time. (My inability to see a sea turtle before this trip might have been related to my reluctance to go into the ocean, which is generally cold by my standards, but I doubt it.) \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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Hanauma Bay<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

But Honolulu isn\u2019t Honolulu if we didn\u2019t spend at least a couple of days at our favorite hotel, the Halekulani. The views from the hotel are just as stunning as ever.<\/p>\n

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view from the Halekulani<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

All in all, one of our favorite trips to Hawaii. (But don\u2019t we say that every time we go?)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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