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     Kommentar till en text av MICHAEL LOO
Ärende: Hawaii 45
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Aloha Michael!

->  HN> We've often thought about going back for a 
->  HN> visit. Have not done it yet, but perhaps more 
->  HN> because we're "heat intolerant" now than any
->  HN> other real reason.
-> 
-> That is an obstacle, but most structures are air
-> conditioned these days.
-> 
I refuse to go to Hawaii and stay
inside...I may not be able to surf 
any more but I do expect to enjoy
the outside.

->  -> The Ilikai is still there, having gone through a bunch
->  -> of managements - it's now Aqua's fancy model.
->  HN> It used to be the "poshest" place in
->  HN> Waikiki...but quickly lost it's glimmer. 
-> 
-> There's plenty of posh to go around in that neighborhood.
-> If it were up to me, I'd go Aqua despite the fact that
-> they smell Asian in a not quite so good sense, or maybe
-> with the Princess Kaiulani, which people rag on as being
-> antiquated.
->
Every place I'd remember would be
antiquated by now!
 
->  ->  HN> That's over by the Ala Moana shopping center...not
->  ->  HN> quite Waikiki "proper" but close
->  -> Walking distance, anyhow.
->  HN> Yep, used to keep my boat in the Ala Moana
->  HN> yacht Harbor right across the street, and
->  HN> the surf break across from the park there
->  HN> is called "Queens Surf". 
-> 
-> I've only been down there a couple times, as the moorings
-> are largely hidden behind huge hotels, such as the Hawaii
-> Prince and the Edition or Modern or whatever you want to
-> call it (there's a legal tussle between Aqua and Marriott,
-> and I'm not sure what it's all about). I sometimes used to
-> have a couple beers at the Harbor Pub, on the edge of it,
-> though - the place smells like the bottom of the sea, which
-> is no surprise as it's at basement level and is prone to
-> periodic flooding.
->
When I was there, there were no
Hotels on that side of the Ala Wai
Canal..
 
->  -> Total cost counting food was under $100/nt.
->  HN> You did well then! And you did not get
->  HN> snared into any "timeshare buffets"??
-> 
-> Not at the Royal! That's more like the Hilton Hawaiian
-> Village Grand Vacations.
->
They used to have them at the Royal too.
GReat Buffet though!! I'd go to one 
whenever I was between checks and 
living "thin". Better than green
coconuts and bananas!!
-> =
->  HN> Primo was the first beer that I 
->  HN> really enjoyed drinking. And I
->  HN> did manage to down quite a bit 
->  HN> of it at times...still I preferred
->  HN> hard liquor more often than beer.
-> 
-> I enjoy beer, as you know; it's also more cost effective.
-> Sad that Primo isn't primo any more, but there are plenty
-> to take pride of place.
->
Odds are that the micro brewers
are doing a decent job and putting
out a good product. I used to have a 
good source of Okolehau but I'm sure
he's gone to his celestial reward by
now as well!
chat with you soon!
ha
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