For the whole month of December I had the chance to travel through out Australia; since I knew I would be crossing the Pacific to get there I decided to stop in Hawaii on the way there and on the way back to see one of my closest friends, Tony.
On my first stop in Hawaii I was only there for 6 days, there was a lot of rain, and I was spending Thanksgiving with Tony and his friends. So over all I did not get to see much of Oahu, which is the Island Tony lives on. But bad weather and all I fell in love with the island. The advertising and documentaries you see about Hawaii do not do it justice; it's so much better than what is promised.
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| Tony on his porch aka lanai. |
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| Very day there is a stunning sunsets. |
When got back to Oahu after my month in Australia Tony wasn't there because he had left to the East Cost to spend the holidays. But he let me crash at his place, which was awesome of him. Being that I love WWII history, one of the things on my bucket list was to visit Pearl Harbor, so there was no way I would miss the chance to go visit it. After taking 3 buses and a long ride, I got there and it was worth it. It was very moving to be that this location and learned about what happened on the infamous December 7th in 1941.
I was also lucky enough to met a American Hero who had been on the island during the Pearl Harbor attacks and who fought in Europe during WWII. I bought his autobiography, which I read in two days, and was very inspired with the long and incredible life he has lived.
The view from Tony's room is breath taking because you can see all of the Manoa Valley and the buildings of downtown Honolulu in the distance.
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