Tag: Hawaii

Surfing, Chilling and Eating

ByTravelling Minion May 22, 2022 1 Comment
Learning to Surf One of the things that all of us were excited to do on this trip is learn a bit of surfing! After a little research, Antetokounmpo booked lessons for us with the Royal Hawain Surf Academy. While we are all eager to do this, it is an early 7:45AM lesson so its another early start for all of us. We get ourselves checked in, wet suited up and hit the waves! Unfortunately, I don't...

Road To Hana

ByTravelling Minion May 15, 2022 1 Comment
Today we drive the Road to Hana! When we first decided to visit Maui, the Road to Hana was at the top of our lists as something to do! Because you need a reservation to get into the state park, ours are for today at around noon. The thought process being that Cactoose and I are still on "west coast" time, getting up early wouldn't be that difficult. The drive from our AirBnB to the park is about...

Heading to Maui!

ByTravelling Minion May 8, 2022 1 Comment
Heading to Maui The first (hopefully of many) trips in 2022 is to Maui. I'm joined on this trip by some familiar faces from a previous trip to Hawaii: Cactoose, Lebron and Antetokounmpo! In early 2022, Lebron, Antetokounmpo and I wanted to do a trip "somewhere". We originally looked at flying to San Francisco in February. However, with rumblings and news of Canada dropping its testing...

Let’s start with the Island Hopper

ByTravelling Minion March 2, 2020 1 Comment
Getting to the Island Hopper When I first started telling people about this trip, a common question was "Why are you flying the wrong way?" Due to some of the rules that surround an Aeroplan mini RTW (round the world) booking. I needed to start my trip in Toronto and make Perth my destination in order to give me the maximum available distances to achieve the routing I wanted. I also needed to get...

Planning: Singapore, Australia, New Zealand & Taiwan

ByTravelling Minion February 6, 2020 0 Comments
Singapore, Australia, New Zealand and Taiwan In about a weeks time, I'll be embarking on a fairly large and complex trip to the other side of the world. I'll end up visiting Singapore, Australia, New Zealand and Taiwan on this trip. The initial plan is to head south to Australia and attend Physio's wedding! You may remember back in 2017 when Photos and I visited Physio Down Under! This time, I'll...

Last few days in Honolulu

ByTravelling Minion February 3, 2020 0 Comments
Diamond Head Another day in Honolulu! After waking up and getting ready we made our way to Diamond head. While the plan was to wake up earlier and try to get to the top to see sunrise, we took our time getting ready and only arrived to start our ascent. The problem with arriving at this time is it starts to get busy and temperatures start to rise. We started our ascent and stopping for photos...