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Claudia and I spent the last nine days in Hawaii. Two days in Waikiki and then a 7-day cruise around the islands. I didn't post before leaving because I never announce on the internet that the house will be empty.

But I'm back now, almost ready to be my usual self - pest or pal. I'll post some pix and tell tales after the time change wears off and the floor stops moving.

I'll bet you didn't eat anything adventurous or exciting Welcome back Rocky.

Glad you made it back alright, Rocky. Looking forward to seeing some photos!

Looking forward to the pics. Wife and I are going on the same cruise later in the year. Hasbeen

Hmm. On a water you were, I take it? Cool! Look forward to hearing and seeing more.

Keith, I was amazed that it was so hard to ferret out any truly "local" food. I did manage to get a loco moko breakfast once (awesome) and finally found a hole-in-the-wall joint in Kona that offered poke (pronounced PO-kay) thanks to a local guy who gave us directions. I had the ahi OG poke - which is yellowfin tuna sashimi with onion and herbs served with seaweed salad and rice. You get about a cup of the tuna for eight dollars - which would run you right up near a hundred bucks in a big city sushi place, triple that in Tokyo! While we ate, they rolled in a 100-pounder fresh from the dock - talk about fresh seafood!

hasbeen, PM me if you want any tips.

Big blue water, kg. Pretty pacific, though. Nothing over about eight feet at the worst, and usually half that. Big boat, too.

Eight foot seas are nothing to sneeze at, especially if they come at you stacked closely and/or with anything other than in a following sea.

Look forward to hearing more.

Edit: 8 is a bit different from 80

My wife has been pestering me to go for years but I just can't get there.

kg, the cruise ship is 957 feet long and 80,000 tons. Kinda makes eight-foot seas into a mill pond.

Still working through all the photos. Darn hard to pare down to a few extra-good ones, but I will.

EdM, we've now been on two: Alaska and Hawaii. Both were superb; expensive but worth it.

Ed, mine talked me in to it. But we don't travel like you do.

Ah, I see... I was thinking fishing boat. Never mind.

I'm glad it was you...and not me! I don't plan on going anywhere....without being able to 'tote iron'!!

Sharps, they don't even allow a pocket knife on the cruise ships. Frankly, Hawaii is pretty safe. I never felt a single second of concern, even in Honolulu with its HUGE homeless population. That place is crawling with police, too.

glad you had a great time Rocky. I have never been there. Maybe some day...........

Good call on keeping quiet about going on holiday Rocky. It never ceases to amaze me the things some people post on Facebook about going on vacation. It's like putting a sign in their front yard saying: "Nobody's home for a week, help yourself!"

Sounds like a heck of a good time, I look forward to seeing the pictures!

Thanks for supporting our local economy. Poke and Ogo seaweed is a local favorite, so is locomoco(fried hamburger patty and egg over rice with brown gravey. Another favorite is Spam Musubi - a piece of fried spam over a rectangular block of black seaweed wrapped rice. If you ever get to Molokai - drop by my small shop: Mel Chung

Fearing sounding contrary here but, well, not necessarily the case, friend. As backwards as it sounds, sushi in general and tuna specifically in Tokyo is often far, far cheaper than what is offered stateside. Take this place, for example. Top left 'set', as they call it, featuring tuna, with some 75 pieces of sushi, is priced at ~$28.00.




I wish, and hard, I could get the kind of quality, variety and price here that is available in Tokyo. In any case, sounds great and glad you and the missus enjoyed. Good times!

I happily stand corrected, kg. I was going by what I'd seen on travel shows.

Funny thing, I saw Spam Musubi for sale exactly once, while at the USS Missouri. And I wanted to try it, but had to hurry for the bus.

In fact, the lack of the promised "local foods" promised by the ship was my major disappointment. With the exception of fresh pineapple, there was nothing but standard US foods. They were good, but when I travel to Hawaii I don't want to eat the same things I could find in Iowa. Such fare shouldn't be the only thing offered (I realize there are folks who are timid eaters) but they could at least have offered more adventurous choices to those who want it.

Photos coming today. Still adjusting to the time shift...