Hawaii

We woke up around 7:30 to the sound of the rooster in the park across the street. We packed up our stuff and headed to IHOP for breakfast, and some people ran out to get coffee. After we were all filled we headed to the lobby to meet up with everyone. We met as...

After an early rise with an optional iHop breakfast, we sailed out to sea, hiking far and wide through the forest all the way to Secret Island. Our day was filled with paddle boarding, kayaking, sandbar swimming, glass-bottom boat riding, volleyball playing, suntanning, and ping pong competing. The sea turtles were incredible and the...

After a delicious breakfast at the famous Courtyard Marriott IHOP, we hopped on our tour bus with our lovely tour guide Carlos to make our way to the beautiful botanical garden in the Waimea Valley. Our wonderful bus driver Aunty Lehua brought us on a tour of the island and showed us famous movie...

Our day started with an adventurous hike on the Diamond Head Summit Trail, where we reached the summit and took exquisite photos. Then we enjoyed our first of many breakfasts at IHOP before heading out on a sightseeing tour of the South Shore led by our bus driver. We stopped at a couple different...

We met at MFS at 3:30 am to board a bus to Newark airport. There was a little hiccup because we were meant to have two buses but only had one! But we packed the luggage carefully and somehow all fit. The flight was 12 hours from Newark to Honolulu nonstop. We had to...