Diary of a 6-Day Hawaiian Vacation

On this trip I decided to dedicate the weekend to hanging out at the beach and hotel pool for two reasons. The first was to lounge out and burn off the stresses from mainland life and the second was to avoid the larger crowds I anticipated at tourist attractions.

So, I rented a boogie board and fins for about $10/day and headed out to Waikiki Beach. There was only about one other body boarder in the water with me amongst about 100 surfers. It was kind of crowded out there and I didn't catch many waves, but as cheesy as this sounds, it was just fun being out there in the water looking back at the Waikiki hotel skyline with Diamond Head to the south and basking in the sun like a Honu Turtle.

I'm not big on flying to beach destinations thousands of miles so I can sit on my backside slamming alcohol but, a Hawaii trip wouldn't be complete without a cocktail with an mini-umbrella in it, so I had knock down a Mai Tai by the pool. I held it to one because nothing wears a person down faster then drinking alcohol in the sun, despite how appealing those Corona commercials make it to look. I can live with a sunburn but a hangover on top of it would suck, unless I'm in Sheboygan or something...see day 5