We were told that the free tickets for the tour to Arizona in Pearl Harbor could be distributed very quickly, so I drove our rental car out of the parking garage at 6:30 am to shoot for arriving at Pearl Harbor Visitor Center as soon as it opened.
The first 45 minutes drive was very smooth, but GPS directed us to get onto a local route, which eventually brought our car to a blocked street. Asking an Asian senior lady at a residential area, I drove back to Freeway H1 to head to the right direction. At that point of time, I realized that the destination I entered initially was too vague: Pearl Harbor.
The second input wasn't good enough either, I input "Pearl Harbor Visitor Center", then GPS directed us to Honolulu International Airport. We would come back on Friday to return the rental car and I did see the sign to Rental Car Return. I had to stop at a merchant to input the third time: "World War II Valor in the Pacific Monument". Third time's the charm, we arrived at Pearl Harbor eventually. Wait, not exactly, I drove into a military base and was directed by the guard to the right entrance of the museum.
Since we arrived at the destination one hour and a half later than planned, our tour to USS Arizona Memorial was arranged at 12:45 pm. Buying Passport tour, we boarded the shuttle to visit Battleship Missouri first. The tour guide on board explained the every piece of detail of what happened on this ship. We also walked on multiple decks to appreciate the beauty of the antique.
Leaving Missouri, we were waiting for the shuttle to carry us to Pacific Aviation Museum.
Several warplanes during the World War II were presented at this Museum. My son and I took the photos in front of them. I also used selfie screen installed by the Museum Management to tweet my image out. Later on, I found it was favored by the Museum on Twitter. It's my honor.
We were a little bit hungry, so ate sandwiches and rice at the cafe inside the Museum. The foods were plenty enough and we were full before boarding on the shuttle to have us sent back to the visitor's center.
After coming back to the center, we boarded on Bowfin first to learn Navy's lifestyle back in those years.
Hanging around the center for an hour, we joined the tour to approach USS Arizona Memorial after watching the documentary in the theater. So many lives were lost during that morning when they were still in dream.
I actually used Gopro Hero 4 Session filmed 6 very interesting clips today but lost all of them due to the deletion after downloading onto my laptop. I still don't understand why the downloaded clips supposedly stored in my laptop were also deleted. I may not understand the functionality of GOPRO Desktop Application correctly.
We were recommended by Jimmy and Bing Bing to appreciate the crystal green ocean at Kailua Beach, so drove there to find out what they said was totally true. The introduction on a board said it a local favorite, but I did witness many tourists around here as well.
Two local girls threw the balls into the ocean and their dogs chased them so excitingly. It's a wonderful scene in a pleasant weekday afternoon on Oahu.
We drove back to hotel around 4 o'clock and bought some snacks at ABC store to eat in the room. Falling into sleep for several hours, we headed to Japango Restaurant inside the hotel to taste local cuisine. My son ordered a 6 courses dinner and I ordered a seafood entree in addition to a tomato appetizer. The formal dinner in such an upscale restaurant was pricey but super delicious.
Walking back to the room, we planned to fall into sleep quickly. We wanted to drive to Hanauma Bay as early as we could because we were told the entrance to be closed if the parking lots were full.
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