It's not over til it's over

Disembarkation this morning. Or should I say yesterday morning (I've been on the go for a whole day now).

We took the tour of Pearl Harbor, as that included drop off at the airport.  So the bus picked us up right at the pier and our luggage stayed on the bus until we were dropped off at the airport.  Saw a few sights around Honolulu on the way to Pearl Harbor, including the capitol building (one of only 11 without a dome). 




The Arizona memorial was very moving.  Oil is still leaking from the ship at the rate of a gallon a day. A drop of oil will bubble up to the surface and then dissipate.  They call them "black tears".

We were dropped at the airport quite early and no Air Canada people were at the desk, so Bridie and I played cards for a while.  There were no shops before going through security so there wasn't much to do.  By the time the Air Canada reps turned up and we could get checked in, most of the shops the other side of security were already closed for the day also (our flight didn't leave until 10pm).  Fortunately one of the 2 shops that were still open sold Honolulu Cookie Company cookies, so I was able to stock up before getting on the plane.  There was no working wifi in HNL airport either, so I couldn't even log in and do a blog entry.

Didn't manage a lot of sleep on the flight from Honolulu to Vancouver.  There seemed to be a large number of young children sitting all around us - most of them spent the entire flight wailing and refusing to go to sleep. 

We're now sitting in Vancouver - where the wifi works, waiting for the flight to Ottawa.  It's going to be a long day.  Once we land in Ottawa I have to admit that my vacation is officially over. :-(