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Back in Oahu, Day Three: The Zoo
Aug. 7th, 2021 08:28 pmSo this morning we puttered around the condo for a while, and then finally checked out to go to our 10.30 brunch reservations.
It was a cute little place attached to a hotel on the far side of Waikiki. They didn't even post their prices, so I assumed they were grossly over-priced, but they totally turned out to be California-reasonable (which, for the uninitiated, is cheaper than Hawaii reasonable, which is cheaper than Waikiki reasonable). Dunno why they were so reasonably priced, with their location pretty much on the beach, but the food was tasty, and I'm 99% sure we'll be back.
Our goal for the day was to see animals, so we first went over to the Waikiki Zoo. We'd been watching the line snaking in throughout brunch, but when we got over there we were pleased to see it was just 10 or 15 minutes.
Rather than detail all the animals we saw, I'll just say the Honolulu Zoo is disappointing. I mean, part of that is obviously (now) that noon in the middle of summer isn't the time to go. It was hot. We were hot. The animals were hot. They mostly just lay around. One of their "twilight tours" would have been much better.
But there were also empty enclosures. And enclosures that only had one of an animal, like that one poor meerkat, forever looking for his tribe. And no one seemed that happy. Except the African penguins. They were terrific. But it was too hot, and in some cases too lonely, to be happy.
Kimberly, unfortunately started suffering from heat exhaustion while we were out there. Did I mention it was hot? Fortunately, after traveling the savannah, we stopped at the cafe. She got some water, and I, who'd previously been dreaming of shave ice in that hot sun, got the worst shave ice I've ever had. The ice was much too hard, and the flavor was mostly absent, except for a bit of a taste of soap where my "strawberry" and "vanilla" met. I have to assume they used low-quality syrup besides not knowing how to shave ice.
So, zoo trip was a failure, but fortunately the only failure of the trip.
We'd been planning the aquarium next, but it was obvious that Kimberly really wasn't thinking clearly, so we just went back to the airport and hung out in the AC for a few hours until our flight arrived.
And then it was back home to Kauai.
We did overall have a terrific trip, especially at the art museum and the Van Gogh exhibit. And the dim sum. If the zoo failure was on the last day, shrug, no problem. Not like Oahu is some big exotic destination.
We're actually going back in a week, but that's just to get Kimberly into a consultation with a surgeon about her foot. I'm sure we'll have another fun trip out there next year some time.
It was a cute little place attached to a hotel on the far side of Waikiki. They didn't even post their prices, so I assumed they were grossly over-priced, but they totally turned out to be California-reasonable (which, for the uninitiated, is cheaper than Hawaii reasonable, which is cheaper than Waikiki reasonable). Dunno why they were so reasonably priced, with their location pretty much on the beach, but the food was tasty, and I'm 99% sure we'll be back.
Our goal for the day was to see animals, so we first went over to the Waikiki Zoo. We'd been watching the line snaking in throughout brunch, but when we got over there we were pleased to see it was just 10 or 15 minutes.
Rather than detail all the animals we saw, I'll just say the Honolulu Zoo is disappointing. I mean, part of that is obviously (now) that noon in the middle of summer isn't the time to go. It was hot. We were hot. The animals were hot. They mostly just lay around. One of their "twilight tours" would have been much better.
But there were also empty enclosures. And enclosures that only had one of an animal, like that one poor meerkat, forever looking for his tribe. And no one seemed that happy. Except the African penguins. They were terrific. But it was too hot, and in some cases too lonely, to be happy.
Kimberly, unfortunately started suffering from heat exhaustion while we were out there. Did I mention it was hot? Fortunately, after traveling the savannah, we stopped at the cafe. She got some water, and I, who'd previously been dreaming of shave ice in that hot sun, got the worst shave ice I've ever had. The ice was much too hard, and the flavor was mostly absent, except for a bit of a taste of soap where my "strawberry" and "vanilla" met. I have to assume they used low-quality syrup besides not knowing how to shave ice.
So, zoo trip was a failure, but fortunately the only failure of the trip.
We'd been planning the aquarium next, but it was obvious that Kimberly really wasn't thinking clearly, so we just went back to the airport and hung out in the AC for a few hours until our flight arrived.
And then it was back home to Kauai.
We did overall have a terrific trip, especially at the art museum and the Van Gogh exhibit. And the dim sum. If the zoo failure was on the last day, shrug, no problem. Not like Oahu is some big exotic destination.
We're actually going back in a week, but that's just to get Kimberly into a consultation with a surgeon about her foot. I'm sure we'll have another fun trip out there next year some time.