Today, Sunday, there is going to be a parade celebrating King Kalakaua. The route goes right past our hotel so we should have a good view from our balcony. On Saturday, we completed our trolley tour of the city by taking the red line trolley throught Historic Honolulu. This included drive-byes of the State Capitol, Iolani Palace, the Cathedral Art Gallery, Foster Gardens, the historic Aloha Tower, a drive thru China Town. We did get to stop at the famous Hilo Hatties mega-store. Hilo Hattie started her business in 1970 with one little store and it has grown across all the islands with the mega-store located here in Honolulu. They carry all sorts of great Hawaiian stuff...clothes, home decor, macadamia nuts, chocolates, jewelry, you name it they have it. The picture below is of Gary next to the World's Largest Aloha Shirt, a size 400XL, available only at Hilo Hatties. We have been fortunate that while we have been here, there were a number of local festivals and special events taking place. We were able to go to a local craft/holiday outdoor market in Queen Kapiolani Park after our trolley tour. Some wonderful vendors with handmade Hawaiian jewelry, clothes, wood products were on display. A great place to start my Christmas shopping. We saw a beautiful sunset the other evening with sailboats silhouetted against the sky.
We caught the tail end of the parade, so we decided to do one last stroll along Waikiki Beach. Beautiful sunny morning for people watching and picture taking. Sandy is pictured with Duke, the famous surfer of years gone bye.
This afternoon, we catch our flight over to Kauai.
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