Second trip to Hawai'i
I landed in Hawaii and as we walked out a strong smell of cigarettes enveloped us as we left the building. That perfect third world feeling. J immediately commented on the “smell of cancer” which I found really amusing. We ended up taking a limo ride to the hotel, which turned out cheaper for the 7 of us than if we had taken a cab.
The hotel was awesome. It was on the beach harbour and overlooked the ocean. The room was really good. They had chocolates on the bed every night, the entire one side of the room was made of glass and I loved to be standing there naked (yup!) with the curtains fully open, looking into the darkess and lights of the boats and ships in the horizon. Only one downside, I was working almost 13 hour shifts and was out of the hotel before sunrise and came back just after sunset.
The way things were set up, we had to leave the hotel at 5:15am and come back at about 7pm. Leaving us some time between 7pm and 9pm to have dinner and get back to the hotel for a nice sleep. It was quite disappointing really.
So the first night I went out for dinner with J and some others to a fancy Chinese restaurant. The second night, I went to this Egyptian restaurant which had a belly dancer with an Indian friend and his wife. Both are from Bombay. We were joined by my friend A, the one who lives in Hawaii doing his Ph.D. The third night I actually got some shopping done. I left work and went straight to the Nordstrom shoe shop that I had my eyes on for a while now. Some people at work had even recommended that I go to the Nordstrom Rack which is apparently a cheaper version of the same shop. So I went to both and after 1 pair of boots(130$) and 2 sneakers(120$), I was happy. I then went out with my friend A and had dinner at a Thai restaurant and walked over to Waikiki beach. He left me shopping for baubles almost 10 in the night. After which I took a cab to the hotel. The next night I had dinner by myself at some cheap Chinese take out since I wasn’t feeling like doing much shopping or eating and then the last night, I went over to do some shopping. I bought some general necklaces and wristbands and stuff. Then there was this cheap art/handcraft sort of place in Waikiki that I had very much liked the last time and so I visited there only to buy myself some more arty stuff. One giant face mask almost 2 feet long which I had trouble bring over in the plane, some kitchen decorations. A lump like thing that vaguely resembled two people dancing and some beautiful turtle wall hangings hand engraved and made of a dark color in decreasing sizes.
A nice quote I heard during my stay:
We are independent of the good or bad opinions of others.
The hotel was awesome. It was on the beach harbour and overlooked the ocean. The room was really good. They had chocolates on the bed every night, the entire one side of the room was made of glass and I loved to be standing there naked (yup!) with the curtains fully open, looking into the darkess and lights of the boats and ships in the horizon. Only one downside, I was working almost 13 hour shifts and was out of the hotel before sunrise and came back just after sunset.
The way things were set up, we had to leave the hotel at 5:15am and come back at about 7pm. Leaving us some time between 7pm and 9pm to have dinner and get back to the hotel for a nice sleep. It was quite disappointing really.
So the first night I went out for dinner with J and some others to a fancy Chinese restaurant. The second night, I went to this Egyptian restaurant which had a belly dancer with an Indian friend and his wife. Both are from Bombay. We were joined by my friend A, the one who lives in Hawaii doing his Ph.D. The third night I actually got some shopping done. I left work and went straight to the Nordstrom shoe shop that I had my eyes on for a while now. Some people at work had even recommended that I go to the Nordstrom Rack which is apparently a cheaper version of the same shop. So I went to both and after 1 pair of boots(130$) and 2 sneakers(120$), I was happy. I then went out with my friend A and had dinner at a Thai restaurant and walked over to Waikiki beach. He left me shopping for baubles almost 10 in the night. After which I took a cab to the hotel. The next night I had dinner by myself at some cheap Chinese take out since I wasn’t feeling like doing much shopping or eating and then the last night, I went over to do some shopping. I bought some general necklaces and wristbands and stuff. Then there was this cheap art/handcraft sort of place in Waikiki that I had very much liked the last time and so I visited there only to buy myself some more arty stuff. One giant face mask almost 2 feet long which I had trouble bring over in the plane, some kitchen decorations. A lump like thing that vaguely resembled two people dancing and some beautiful turtle wall hangings hand engraved and made of a dark color in decreasing sizes.
A nice quote I heard during my stay:
We are independent of the good or bad opinions of others.
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