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10 day vacation with 8 full days in Oahu. Had great weather everyday except Wednesday night where it rained very hard for several hours where some streets got flooded.

The Good

• Laylow Hotel - great location. Beds too soft - had to switch to a room that had a day bed which is firmer. Stay on the side opposite the pool otherwise it is noisy.
• Hanauma Bay - Roberts Tour was cheap and vey convenient. Nice beach.
• Kailua Beach - another nice beach on the leeward side. Took theBus $3 about an hour.
• Waikiki Beach - another nice beach with beautiful views. Sunset was gorgeous.
• Pearl Harbor - nice tour - make sure you make reservation. Took theBus $3 from Waikiki.
• North Shore - convenient ENoa shuttle only $10.
• Matsumoto Shaved Ice - North Shore
• TheBus - convenient and cheap. Got the Holo cards before the trip. Easy to add money online.
• Lam's - great food in Chinatown.
• Diamond Head - nice hike beautiful views. Make sure to get early reservation. Took the Bus.
• Paia - food is good. Liked the fish tacos. Had the mahi mahi sauteed which was not so good. Should has went with something blackened.
• MOSA! Ice Cream
• Bishop Museum - interesting museum. Good for a rainy day.

The Bad

• Marugame Udon - had 2 meals. One was ok. The 2nd meal was pretty bad - didn't feel good luckily didn't get sick.
• Traffic - Honolulu traffic is brutal. Just to get to the H1 is a challenge. That is one reason I did not rent a car. You need to budget travel time into any itinerary.
• Waikiki Aquarium - very very small. Few exhibits. Hard skip.
• Lots of very pricy restaurants in Waikiki. Example Taormina $50 spagehtti. Wish I found other restaurants the had tasty food that weren't crazy priced.
• Makua Banana Bread  Haleiwa - why the hype? $12 for a super soggy small bread loaf. Threw it in the garbage.

Cheers.

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