Norwaylady

@bucfan2 the problem and issue for @Suzi66 is what happened and how X acted. I was on the same sailing Alaska+Hawaii. (We are back in Norway, still healthy. Knock on wood) We all know the problem Covid and we all know the risk and we have in one way accepted the risk by booking, confirming and travel. BUT on all other X ships you have been allowed to stay onboard during your quarantine period if you tested positive. What happened on our sailing was that they were kicked off the ship. No information, no help. This happened to a lot of the b2b guests. And as reported from @Suzi66 X has definitely don’t won a award for good customer service and support😬 Had they made it clear in advance to all guests sailing b2b on this specific route that you will be left in Vancouver or Hawaii if you counting onward to NZ/Australia. People could decide if it was worth the risk and act accordingly.

Originally we had a js b2b, same cabin on both cruises. we are sharing cabin🙃 Then we have plenty of time to get tired of each other’s😂😂😂 Problem is that the first leg on Infinity was almost sold out. So only 2 balcony cabins available except suite. Both AQ class. But the pricing on the campaign now made it to a extremely good deal. So that’s great😁 So then it had to be a AQ cabin. (My mother will only travel in balcony;) So she will have a great surprise🥰 (she has only sailed on Royal, Jewel and Voyager) On the next leg of our b2b, the best would be to stay in the same cabin and AQ. But on this sailing the price was far over the top of what my price range was accepting. So therefore next leg will be in concierge class. (But I will keep an eye on the sailing, so if it’s a price change for the better….. we will probably be in AQ on second leg) So that’s why we will as of now have 2 different types of cabin. Moving went perfectly on Eclipse, so we hope for the best😌 Blu is good😍 But we still keep the large breakfast for room service🥰 (as you understand, this is very important to me😊) And I will survive mdr😅 If we have a nice table and decent location, I’m happy and my mother will be happy🙃

@abbydancer so happy to see that they gave you a proper duvet and mattress cover. And that you received a meny😁 Your dinner looked much more tempting then the brown ish they served us👍 Looking forward to follow🥰

There’s always possible to solve a problem😇 The “royal” problem was really not necessary and something I hoped for…. But can’t do anything about it😝 Royal corporate decision🫡 Their decision and when they treat their customers not well, then I must find a substitute…. (Money talks? Correct🤣) MSC has out rolled them self, by making it impossible to find a good b2b. And their longer 9-10 days cruise have wrong ports of call. Costa, same as msc. Royal has b2b sailing on Explore. But we will pay a huge amount more for a balcony then our js…. No benefits of OBC or other incentives. Really not tempted😔 NCL has some options that can work. But it will probably be extremely stressful for my mother onboard. Their is a reason we only do small royal vessels🤪 Price is equally to X. So I think it’s best to test it together by Mr before I drag here along😌 Aida had no cruises in the Mediterranean that fitted our wishes😔 ( German is not a problem, we both speak and read German;) Princess had a b2b. But pricing in Norway is awful. No benefits. So all comes extra. Balcony same price as X. X had a b2b on Infinity that ✔️ off what she wanted to visit….. (I know money talk’s😜😂😂 At the end, it ends up in the same corporate group😝) But for less money then a balcony b2b on Explorer. We will have a AQ cabin and CON b2b, 600$ OBC, basic WiFi, classic beverage package….. AND the best🤗🤗 I can stay at my favourite X🥰 So yes, we must pay some extra money compared to original booked b2b on royal. But we will have a great time🥰 And I know she will enjoy X❤️ So infinity b2b, her we go May/June⚓️ Just happy that it’s sorted out😍

Thank you for all comments and everyone that has followed our adventure🤗 Its been a pleasure to deliver the travel report🥰 We had a great trip and now its work biting our tail😆 ( just need to think that around easter, we will be away again:) Unfortunately I received a "fan" mail from Royal.... Me and my mother was booked on Rhapsody b2b in may/June 23 in a JS. It was greek island and Egypt/Israel. They have moved the ship from Cyprus to Haifa, Israel. So they kicked off all bookings an offer us nothing...So we will see what we will do.... The options on Royal are wild priced compared to what we booked at. We are talking 4,5x price. I haven't dared to tell my mum yet. She's so happy for this coming cruise and itinerary. So I need to find a good substitute. I have a X sailing on my list, 1 royal that fits and I totally serious considering to bring her om MSC or Costa if necessary. We have been on MSC and its different compared to X and Royal. But she will survive... UGG, I hate this type of behavior from royal. Hopefully it will work out well🥰

Bon Voyage⚓️ Have a great cruise🥰

Yes🇳🇴 They are British shorthair. Miss Marple is colour point and Hannah Hortensia is silver turtle tabby. Kingdom of Molly & Marius is 🇳🇴 And they are perfect🥰

The other…. She needed to put on happy but a bit grumpy style😝🤣🤣 You have been away for a long time😤 (but they came as blanket asap when I laidback on the sofa❤️)

Service in the lounge was good. Decent selection in the bar, multiple choices of wine. Good food, multiple choices of salads and greens😊 Functional WiFi. We fly SAS to Stockholm and then onward to Oslo. Our flight is operated on a A321- long range. Seating is 1/2 Biz, 2+2 premium eco and 3+3 economy. We have 2 “throne” seats. 6A/F. So lots of space😄 On narrow body long range aircraft, this is the ultimate seating for space. Boarding went on time, flight not fully booked. But we had some loading issues, so we pushed 20.mins after scheduled time. Flight time 7.55h Menu is exactly the same as to Toronto according to paperwork😝🤭🤔 Fluffy pillow, duvet and mattress cover in seat. A bottle of water. Amenities kit contains socks, eye mask, toothbrush, lip balm, ear plugs and facial mist. So, service started. Warm nuts and aperitif. When dinner service started the crew informed that unfortunately they had the wrong menu card onboard. Wines and drinks are correct😅 Starters was duck or salmon. Main: short rib, chicken or ravioli mushroom. Dessert: cheese, fruit, ice cream and cake. We had the salmon for starter. Good taste I had the ravioli for main course. Mr choose the short rib. Both tasted excellent I had ice cream and fruit for dessert😋 Mr said: bring it on😂😂😂 So all options was served🤣🤣 All tasted excellent😊 Menu for second meal said shrimp sandwich😅 But this was breakfast. Yoghurt, granola, bread, ham, cheese and greens☺️ Coffee & juices. All-in-all a good flight. Crew very service minded and attention to detail was good. We had a decent sleep of 3h. The throne seats are definitely the best pic on this type of aircraft. Plenty of space and storage😉 Arrival in Stockholm was heavy fog. So digital landing. That means all phones/iPad/electronic must be completely switched off. Flight mode is not allowed. We parked at gate 15.mins before scheduled time. We walked to the lounge for our waiting time. Had 1h to kill before next flight. Next flight is a A320. Seated 3+3. SAS plus/go service class. Boarding on time, not fully booked. So seat in the middle was empty😉 Flight time 45.minutes. Service onboard was cold and warm beverage and snacks. Choices of muffins, crisps, chocolate and warm wraps. Good typical SAS service. Landing on time at Oslo airport. Bags arrived on the belt before we arrived😉 So it went very smooth🇳🇴 The welcome comity was waiting and purring on arrival 🐈‍⬛🐈

It depends on the trip😉 For this trip, we had one large suitcase and a rucksack each. My rucksack is a samsonite securipac L. So it can fit 2pc, iPad, camera and GoPro. Charging cables, medical things, liquid bag, face masks and other items. It can expand and it’s hard to rob. The other rucksack is a touring edition. It’s 35L. It has pockets on side and string straps outside for towels or other things when needed. So it fits inside 2 beach towels from the ship on port days, swimwear, bottles of water and top wallet has first aid kit and room to store cruise cards etc. The large suitcases are 77/80cm tall. Around 100-110L space. It fits everything we need for this trip. Both are hardcase/semi hard. If we travel for weekend we only have a cabin stroller. Size S, 35-40L deepening on suitcases picked. All our suitcases are from Samsonite, Epic or American Tourister by Samsonite. They have good service if you need spare parts and the warranty is good. But the most important… they survive. They can handle the hard treatment they get on airports and walking around😉

Last day in Toronto🇨🇦 What to do??? Breakfast at St Lawrence market🤩 Mr wanted a last trip to the food market. So then it was the royal breakfast at St Lawrence🍴🍴🍴 Oysters, coffee, pan chocolate and Korean tempura 😋😋😋 So we dropped the bags at the hotel and went for breakfast and a walk. The weather was gray and ☔️. But it’s the first day of bad weather we had in Canada since we left Norway 🇳🇴 🇨🇦 (so we can’t complain😎) Breakfast was good, Mr happy🥰 Mr had to visit the beer store… he did shop a cat beer to bring home😂🐈‍⬛🐈🐈‍⬛. We took a walk and went back to the hotel to pick up the bags and walked down to Union. The train to Pearson was leaving in 5.minutes when we arrived, so good timing🙃 Check in and security was over in 10.minutes😁 So now we are safely seated in Air Canada Maple Leaf lounge international🇨🇦. The international lounge is more private set-up then the domestic maple leaf lounge on Pearson. It has a nice view over the airport area and you can follow the “operation” of the airport live.

Rise & Shine🇨🇦 Today’s tour is Niagara Falls🍁🍂🌳 We travel individual, no tour package. We booked tickets online at ViaRail, 133 CAN$ round trip. It’s one train in the morning and a return in the afternoon. The summer program has ended and you must use the NY train or bus/go transit train. Go transit only do trains in the weekends now. (Low season🍁) For us, the ViaRail/Amtrak was okay. The train leaves Union at 08.20 and arrive in Niagara Falls 10.14. Return from Niagara Falls is 17.45 and arrival at Union is 19.35. That would be plenty of time to do a cruise and explore the area. Our day started a bit off track…. I hate hate hate paper cups and plastic glass. Hotels really stretch covid protection, it’s better to have paper/plastic cups and glasses….😕 Give me back real glasses and porcelain cups🤨 Paper cups of cheapest quality and coffee maker was not a good combo today😰🥵😩🥺 I magically managed to empty one in my right hand inside🫣😵‍💫😑🔥 ouch…. So it got burned🫠 Iced it as good as possible and now Mr really could see the need and reason I always has the top room in our touring backpack filled up off first aid things AND the smart wall in my suite case🤓 So we are well prepared for minor incidents and problems. Burn gel in travel size is not underestimated🙂 So burn gel on, some pain killers and off to the train we walked. We had a separate cabin for those going just to Niagara Falls, Canada. Train ride went well, continued to cool down the hand. Nice to have a look of the area and see all the fruit and wine/grapes underway. On arrival in Niagara Falls we arrived in a empty place. No one, nothing. Felt like a horror movie. We discovered that the move bus has changed to winter schedule. So the bus had just left for Niagara Falls. So it was 30.mins to next. We decided to walk into the waterfall😌 It’s a nice walk on a pedestrian way. And it’s not that far away. We enjoyed all the 🐿🐿🐿🐿🐿🐿🐿 and the colourful trees. It took us the waiting time to next bus to arrive at the cruise terminal. Tickets to the cruise was 32.75can$ pr person. We jumped on the first boat and enjoyed the waterfall, splashing and wind💦🌬😅 Fun and really fascinating to see the falls so close up. It was a complete ghost town on arrival, everything was closed and no people on the way down to pier. When we returned from the cruise it started to arrive more people by bus. After the cruise we walked further to see more of the falls. We turned at the power station. Mr was hungry, so we walked to “town” casino/hotel area. We went into the food court/casino/hotel/theatre to seek options… Well…. Guess… Niagara Falls brewing has a bar/tasting room😝😅😂 So Mr had a tasting paddle and we shared a Caesar salad. I will take it as a sign, he’s paddle was supposed to be 8🍻🍻🍻🍻 but unfortunately they were out of some beers🤣🤣🤣 But Mr was happy anyway😁 After some food and beer, it was time to move further on in this “Las Vegas ,Reno, Disney park” for adults😜 (We walked in direction of the train station) We took the round to see what else we could try out. The dinosaur mini golf looked tempting, but my hand said, not today😝 Plenty of options for fun, games and food. You could see that it’s low season/weekend primarily. Lots of places was closed. We continued onward to the Niagara city centre, GHOST 👻 town deluxe. Everything closed except for the cannabis stores😝 Really not our thing😅 Luckily we had timed it for our train departure back to Toronto😉 Train left on schedule 17.45. It was a uneventful return and good to be seated until 19.56😌 Then it was time to head back to the hotel🙂 The hand is functional, it’s burned. But luckily it was taken care of asap. So it’s a good 1grade burning. (If it hadn’t been taken care of properly it would been a 1/2 grade burn😞) I can understand that it’s crowded in the summer season and that it’s popular to go for a weekend getaway🥳🥳🥳 The falls are beautiful🤩 I’m satisfied😊 But the rest of the party party events is not my cup of tea😂🙃 ( now you see why we fit perfectly on X😝)

Sorry to say, I have a black belt in packing😂😂 2.mins and it’s ready😎 I’m so used to pack for travel, so it’s very easy.

We took the train to Union. This stay we are at Hilton Toronto city centre. We received room on arrival👍🏻 Was very happy for that🥰 We needed to take a power nap. Bed is comfortable and has good bed linens. They are renovating floor by floor. This is done Monday-Friday from 08.00-17.00. We have a old room. Bathroom has been done but the rest of the room is due to a upgrade. But okey for our stay and needs. After a little rest, it was time to go for a walk😎 Beautiful weather and good temperature 16c😎 Mr had a tiny request….. a 🍺 at Steam Whistle brewery😝 (what to do🤗😝 as the good wife, it was accepted;) We had some food🍴 we can’t go to Canada 🇨🇦 and don’t have the “poutine” at some point😅 It’s really not my cup of tea😅 Mr is more into this type of food😆 Kale salad was good😊 After the beer garden we walked further by the water. Watch some airplanes, the sunshine and colourful trees 🌳🍁🍂 We stopped by farm boy to find a dessert for tonight😋 Pastel de nata was screaming for me😋 (it’s my guiltily pleasure in 🇵🇹 Portugal) So now it’s time for coffee and dessert on the hotel☕️ Tomorrow we will take the train to Niagara Falls😊

Lucky me🤩 it was mango on the chia pudding🤩🥰😂 So it was pudding and bread for me👍🏻 Airplane scrambled eggs is really not my thing🙃 So I hoped for the best for no pineapple🍍🍍🍍😝 the winner of pineapple 🍍🍍🍍 menu was Lufthansa😂😂 I was flying back from Thailand to Norway on LH. For dinner I could eat the warm meal. No dessert, pineapple cake. breakfast next morning was fresh pineapple, pineapple jam and pineapple yoghurt😂😂 AND to top it off, they ran out of croissants on the row before me🤣🤣 So juice & coffee😅 It was pretzel 🥨 on transit for me😋😁

Flight 2 Chicago to Toronto is operated on United Express. It’s a erj175. Seating is Biz 1-2 and eco 2-2. The flight is fully booked. Flight time is 1.30h. Boarding started on time by groups and we were ready for departure a few minutes before scheduled time. We are seated on 1CD Seat is well padded and wide. Legroom is good. It’s more space then the padded seat on Hawaiian Airlines🌺 This flight has a beverage service, cold and hot drinks. Flight landed 15.mins before scheduled arrival. We went straight thru customs and boarder control. Bags were on the belt after 5.mins. Crew was very friendly and welcoming. They approach us by name and did a excellent service on this short flight. This shows why we are split on us carriers. Quality and attention to detail. Some flights are excellent and service is top notch. Then you have the other side of service and lack of attention to detail. Air Canada 🇨🇦 did a knock out on United Polaris on this holiday. Its sold/marked as a full Polaris product and flights to/from Hawaii on the longer routes Chicago/NY are service as international. It’s 8h to Chicago. AC delivered what you expected, United long haul can do better…. Our 5h Toronto-Vancouver flight was good and what you expect. They are on the ball. United long haul Polaris needs to step it up for our taste.

After some hours on the beach it was time to go back to our room. Time to get dressed and shower off “summer” and prepare for colder temperatures. Lyft picked us up at 14.00 and we arrived on the airport 14.25. Check in went smoothly, bags and security in 15.mins. We are flying Honolulu-Chicago-Toronto United lounge is located in G gate’s, 2 floor. It’s United area for flights. The lounge has a nice view over the airport and it’s freshly decorated in beach style. Plenty of seating and power plugs. It’s great to enjoy the view over the airport. All arriving and departing aircraft’s. Food is a Hawaiian style buffet (pineapple pineapple, pineapple🤪😂🌺), cheese, pound cake, snacks and todays soup. Coffee, juice, tea, Dole whip 🍍🍍🍍and a staffed bar. ( so decent selection but not for me😝) Today’s flight from Honolulu to Chicago is operated on a b787-Dreamliner. Seating is 3-class. Biz has configure 1-2-1 Premium plus 2-3-2 Economy 3-3-3 We are seated on Polaris/biz, seat 3a+4a. We wanted 2 windows seat’s. Huge fan of looking out during takeoff and landing🤩 Boarding started 16.20 it followed group 1-6. Flight left 5.mins before time. Before takeoff they walked the cabin to take order of chicken or tofu/vegetarian dinner. And drink preference. No menus or further details. No welcome onboard smile or anything. No bottle of water in seat. After seatbelt sign was switched off, they served nuts and your drink option you said for dinner. It was just dropped off. We received wine but no water by the wine. Dinner was served on a tray, not extremely appealing looking. Lacking of fresh vegetables and attention to detail. Just dropped off. They seat has a pillow and a blanket. No mattress topper or thick duvet. Amenities was a plastic bag containing a toothbrush, earplugs and a eye mask. IFE has good selection of movies and entertainment. We tried to get some sleep, since this was a evening/night flight. Unfortunately we had a passenger coughing his lungs out during the entire flight. (If I’ll, stay home or postpone your return) We masked up for the entire flight😷 Breakfast was served around 1.15h before landing in Chicago. It was choices of hot egg/sausage or cold protein plate. Again trays just dropped off. No questions about coffee or tea. We landed on time. Service was as expected on an American/US carrier. It’s not my preferred choice. It is a huge difference in US/Asian/European carriers. The hard ware product is good but the soft/personal product is not my cup of tea😌 Now are we soon boarding next flight to Toronto🇨🇦

Last day in Hawaii🌺 Well, we have to end the holiday in paradise in style🌺🥂🤩 Normally we are always on a cruise or somewhere on our wedding anniversary 16.10 💍👑🎩 But this year we will probably arrive a bit jet lagged home😝 So cheers to 12years as Mr & Mrs JA🥰 Champagne for breakfast and cheers for us❤️ Corinthians 13.13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.❤️ After a great start it was time to move to the beach😎 (it’s a looooong time until next beach trip….)🏖

Warmest welcome on Alohilani. Luggage waiting in our room and Longboard club access. Program for this week was on the bed on arrival. We have a room in the front building this stay. Identical to last visit, only difference is elevator bank and Japanese toilet. (Wash & dry) We took a little walk along the beach and decided it was time to find something to eat and drink🥂Cheers to last night in beautiful Hawaii🌺 Longboard club had pasta chicken tonight, crab wontons and salad for dinner. Dessert was 2 types of profiteroles and a lemon tart. We had a great evening enjoying the sunset and dinner outdoors. Live music 🎵 and great service. Live music is as the guitar play on X❤️ Perfect🥰 Really love the fire tables. It really makes it a great evening outside. We are checked in for our flight to Toronto tomorrow afternoon. We fly United and have a connection in Chicago. But we will enjoy our last day in the sun🤩🏖😎🌺 Full report on flight will arrive😌

We are flying Hawaiian airlines, the inter-islanders bus to Oahu😉 Today’s flight is operated on b717. Seated 2+2 in Biz, 3+2 economy. We are seated on 22AB. We arrived at the airport 11.45. Dropped of the bags and went through security in 10.minutes. Our flight leaves 12.55. So okay time before boarding. Boarding went on time. Almost full flight. Captain announced that it’s heavy traffic in Honolulu. So we will push from gate, but can’t take-off before the tower in Honolulu has space for us. We pushed on time, but had to wait 15.mins before we were allowed to leave the runway🛫 22AB has good legroom and space. Since the seat is less stuffed then Biz, seating is wider and feels more spacious. Not so soft, but for a long or fluffy person, this will feel wider. Personal I prefer the softer seat😉 Crew were welcoming and did a great job for this short flight🌺 Bag arrived quick and we are now waiting for our Lyft to Waikiki. We will stay at Alohilani again.

We spend the rest of the afternoon on the beach 🏖 Mr took a long swim in the waves and I was reading on the beach. Was a bit tired after a full day outside. We had shopped for a picnic dinner yesterday. So we watched a movie and had charcuterie plate, melon and salad for dinner and for dessert carrot cake☺️ (almost cruise menu😂😂) We were very happy for our day on tour😎 Today we are checking out and fly back to Oahu. Our stay in Kauai has been great. The island is beautiful, we would gladly stay for some extra days. It’s really lush and green. Perfect for adventure. But you need to have a car to get around and be able enjoy everything. We started our day by breakfast. Sharing table is our thing🙃 We ordered avocado lobster egg toast and banana pancakes. After breakfast we dropped the bags in the reception and went for a walk on the beach. We walked almost all the way to the airport and back😎 it’s lovely to just listen to the ocean and just walk in the sand. Attached is the program Hilton offers on this hotel during your stay and a map of the resort. Now it’s time to go to the airport and back to Oahu😌

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Rise & shine🙌🏻 Taxi to Blue Dolphin Charters at 06.10 and check in at their office in Port Allen👍🏻⛵️ Taxi was told around 80$ but ended up on 111$🤪💸💸💸 Lyft/Uber estimated 50-55$ but we needed to be there on time. So we didn’t risk it. (Since it’s Saturday early morning) Why we don’t have a rental car… since this is the last part of our adventure we didn’t dare to book everything…. So we hoped for the best, that a car wouldn’t be totally necessary… I Kauai it’s kinda a important thing. So we looked into getting a car from a professional car rental and on Turo. The car itself is around 80-120$ pr day. But, remember…. We have a Norwegian driving license. So when you add the necessary insurance, the car ends up on 200-280$ pr day….. We are ready for a beautiful day on the ocean😎 at 07.15 we sailed away from port. Sun is shining and it’s a beautiful warm day on the ocean. Captain informed before departure that it’s 50/50 for snorkelling today. It’s a bit swelling and if the water is clear on site 1. They have 2 sites they use and spot number 2, at Nãpali coast is no-go today due to swells. It took around 15.minutes to get to site 1. Captain decided it would be snorkelling. It was not crystal clear. But lots of fishes and turtles. So a good swim, but had it been clear as in Maui, wow it would been a perfect dip😍 After the snorkelling it was time to move onward. They served freshly baked cinnamon buns, fruits, coffee and soft drinks. We had company of several dolphins 🐬. As we sailed further the swells got stronger and it was more motion from the ocean. Now the crew had more to keep track of…. Our fellow sailers was not prepared for this motion. So the crew was pretty occupied to escort and help those feeling bad🥴 But we had a great time🤩 Crew did a excellent job. Free bar and lunch wraps on return sailing. So mr had a Mai-Tai and a Maui brewery seltzer POG from the bar. The Nãpali coast is beautiful. We had sea spray in the air and the light was very special. So even our captain was very pleased on his day at work😁 It’s so steep and still so lush and green. Really a great tour. We arrived back on the pier 12.40. We had decided to take the bus back. It’s 2$ each and it would take us to the airport. So it was very convenient to just use Lyft onward to our hotel. Lyft was 12$ so all in all extremely easy and less priced then a cab😝 We could either run to the bus or take the next in 1h. We decided to take the next and have a ice cream🍨 Return worked as a clock😁 We are safely back and ready to go down to the beach🏖

What a great start of the day😎 Sunny, clear sky and a excellent day to go paddle boarding In Waimea river and walk to the waterfall. The starting point is just across the road from Hilton Garden Inn. Yesterday we booked online at Kauai SUP and when we took our walk, we went by and asked that everything for tomorrow was good AND that we could carry our boards the 500m from the shop to the starting position. We don’t have a rental car. YES, YES👍🏻👍🏻 So we packed our gear, lunch and camera and went off to pick up 09.30…….. (your starting to smell trouble?🫣) Well, hello and beautiful day! Where is your car? Car, we don’t have one. That’s why we stopped by yesterday to make sure everything is okay…… You can’t rent. We demand that the boards must be taken by car the 500m to staring point for river sup. Hello??? We asked yesterday and everything was good😰 You have spooked to our new employer. We have a strict policy, no car, no rental. So perfect😬🤥🫠😳 We can’t go sup in the river to the waterfall😟 it says no place online that you must have a car. Not in the faq or in the text. It was no help in what other activities we might be able to do. We asked if he knew of a bicycle rental or if it’s a map of walking tracks nearby…. On the way back to our hotel we stopped by the kayak rental on the ramp to the river. They were rented out for the day. But this guy could tell us were the bicycle rental was located and he recommended to take a walk to Hopii Falls. You can take Uber/Lyft to starting point. We went back to the hotel to see what options we had, except going to the beach😎 So we decided that Hopii Falls was a good solution and we only needed to book a transportation. It’s a great walk. You literally jumped into a tropical forest when you enter the path. The first waterfall is for the brave locals🤪 We saw several jumpers. But we decided to stay on land🙃safety🤓 The next waterfall is further on the hike. Your walking on uneven track and have lots of lush vegetation around🌳🌳 It has a good pool for a dip and a Tarzan swing. We walked back to the entrance of the track and discovered that it was a nice walking trip down to the ocean. So we walked thru Kapaa down to ocean and onward to Safeway…. ( guess what? It’s a brewery next to Safeway….. yes, you know what happens next🍺) So Mr had a tasting paddle and I waited as usual😂😂 We picked up some groceries and was hoping for a lyft. But it was rush hour🤪 So we walked back to our hotel. So a decent walk today🙌🏻 Lots of kfc🐓🐓🐓😂😂😂 It turned out to become a nice day, even if it started a bit down🙃 First choice would been perfect, but our walk was a good number 2. Mr is on it’s way to the Tiki bar to collect our daily “free” (included in the resort fee) Mai’tai…. It will be salad, fruit and carrot cake for today’s dinner🥗🍰🍉🍓🫐 So a good menu🙃 Tomorrow we will leave early for a catamaran sailing tour to Napali Coast⛵️

I have no problem to show my card to verify myself. But when someone comes from behind put arms on you and turn you away and on automatically says loudly: privat event…. Only for captain’s club elite and above…. and then you discreet show your card and invite… and you pretend nothing happened, I don’t feel extremely welcome🙄 and you managed to do this on 2 cruises in a row. Then you are very happy when you are approach as a “normal”❤️