Ko Olina

The Hawaiian words are meant to mean "beautiful place". Marriott have certainly spared no expense in creating a picture postcard tropical paradise on this western shore of Oahu. I'm not sure how many people can be housed in the 6 or more towers along the water's edge but probably 5-8000 in summer season. Like any town it has its own marked highway exit, streets, houses and garbage bins but unlike where I live, the bins are never overflowing, the properties are all immaculate, cars stick close to the speed limit and even the median strips are immaculate. Blue Mts council might slash the roadside grass in the summer months but here the enormous staff mow with little victas, rake the grass, blow the leaves away and sweep up any residue so that roads look like rich driveways. There is security on the gate which I have always wanted on Lapstone Hill but apparently Council cannot enforce such restrictions on plains folk.
We told the timeshare presenter we weren't interested in buying into a Truman Show world. We liked a bit of sleaze. We'd stay in Waikiki in a 3 star hotel and bludge dinner and drinks at the 5 star places on the beach. To his credit, Dave modified his spiel accordingly and we ended up buying half a share in Vegas. It's a long story and will require you buying me dinner to hear it.
We fly home tomorrow after our week here and feel as though we have seen enough of Hawaii except for the active volcano on the big island. It is a great place to break the USA-Sydney flight so we may return but not to Ko Olina I think.
I will upload a photo or two from the place soonbutnow I want to write something about today's visit to Pearl Harbor.
Aloha