Day One: Dec 28/07

With my sister down for a visit the night before our flight to Hawaii, it looks like I’ve found a ride to the airport. Despite the early flight, my sister agreed to drive us to the airport.

After spending most of the night packing and probably about a good 2-3 hours of sleep, we found ourselves up at 5am eating breakfast and getting ready to head out to the airport.

The flight to Hawaii required a transfer at Salt Lake City. The flight to Salt Lake City was quite rough. The plane was very small and with the lack of sleep the night before, the ~2h flight felt a lot longer (to those who went to Mexico, the plane was like that.)

Once we arrived at Salt Lake City, the gate we got off at was super ghetto. It felt like I was at a bus depot. There was a long corridor that was walled off, but there was no heat. Since there were many gates along the corridor, you’d get the cold wind blowing into it making it a rough walk to the main terminal. Luckily we made it unscathed.

After a few hour wait and lunch at California Pizza Kitchen (I recommend the BBQ Chicken, although i’ve only tried two of their pizzas), we found ourselves on the plane again for Hawaii.

Arriving in Hawaii, the weather was definitely a lot better and it was definitely nice not seeing snow. Despite it being a bit cloudy, I didn’t find it to be as humid as i’d thought.

We met Amy’s uncle (Uncle Paul). We got “leid”, as Uncle Paul gave us the famous flower necklaces when you arrive in Hawaii. Uncle Paul lives really close to the airport. He lives on Middle Street and it’s about the first exit after the airport on the H1 Highway. We unpacked and then went out for supper.

Tonight we went for all you can eat Korean food. It’s about ~18/person and the kalbi (short ribs) were amazing especially for an all you can eat place. I don’t recall the name of the place, but I remember it being close to King St and between PunchBowl Ave and Ward Ave. Other than the kalbi, they had raw ahi tuna, a good selection of meats and salads. I’d say it’s similar to Ginseng up in Edmonton, but they had more salad selection and the kalbi doesn’t cost extra money.