<b>Day 11 - Honolulu</b>
Worked out the buses to catch to an out of the way craft shop. It was certianly out of the way. The bus stop was close the Convention centre but the buses were few and far between and the whole trip took three hours. In the meantime DH was holding the fort back at the apartment while Barry the handyman tried to fix the light fan issue and thelight in the bathroom - DH plying him with Tim Tams. Barry had not seen the marina from the 38th floor and he was amazed at the fabulous view.
Came back and off we went to Ala Moana again. The shoes from Walmarts hurt DEH so we had to return them. Bought T-shirts for DS and some more shoes.
Then we decided to go to the International Market. Caught the bus there and walked through the market from Kuhio Road. It was reminiscent of walking through any market in Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia etc. All the stalls were manned by non Hawaiians and sold similar stuff made in the Phillipines or China.
The fact that the stalls wound around the banyan trees and there were several pools with koi made it a pleasant visit. Children have a great time with the water balls. Like a Zorb only on water.
The small stage had a Hawaiian band and some hula dancing (not the grass skirt kind).
Walked across the road past the Cheesecake Place and down to Wiakiki beach. Thought we would watch the torch lighting. Great views of Diamond head and the Catamarans on the water. No signs of the torch lighting ceremony so we wandered back past the Cheesecake place but the queue was too long.

Our last night in Hawaii.

The next morning we caught the shuttle back to the airport and shuffled through the long security queues. We had the new airbus - it had only been flying 3 days. It could not take off on time because something or other did not check out!
The pilot promised to make up the time.
This aircraft did have the seat screens but you have to pay for the movies $8 each! I just decided to watch 6 episodes of Bones.
We landed in Sydney nearly on time and we got our luggage and hiked off to the domestic section. It was the last plane to Melbourne and we did not want to miss it.
Home again.