My Hawaii adventure by land and sea

If anybody is interested I have created a blog and have started to write about our fantastic Hawaiian holiday back in May. We did a combined land and sea holiday which is why I am posting it here and not on the NCL board.

We were in Hawaii for three-and-a-half weeks and had the best time including our first ever cruise on the POA around the islands. We live in Perth, Western Australia and it was quite a trek to get to Hawaii. We had six nights in Honolulu pre cruise, seven nights on the cruise, then flew to Kona for four nights and finally seven nights in Maui. On our way home we spent two nights in Brisbane.

Anyway, if you're interested I have gathered the blog posts on to one page, the ones that are finished are red links and the others are the blogs yet to be written. I am currently working on day 5, the Thursday before the cruise started.

https://gosomeplace.wordpress.com/hawaii-2016/

Just finished your blog! Definitely looking forward to reading about the rest of your Hawaiian adventure. Love your writing style and your pictures are wonderful! Great start!:)

Thank you so much for the kind words.

I am having a hard time trying to sort through the photos - I took over 6,000. I wish I was back in Hawaii as it's winter here and we are in the middle of a cold snap. I have uploaded the photos for the next blog and all going good I will write it tonight (it's currently Thursday 6.00am).

Thank you so much for the kind words.

 

I am having a hard time trying to sort through the photos - I took over 6,000. I wish I was back in Hawaii as it's winter here and we are in the middle of a cold snap. I have uploaded the photos for the next blog and all going good I will write it tonight (it's currently Thursday 6.00am).

Could you please repost the link to your blog? I've reported a problem to CC about being unable to access the first post on every page while using any of my Apple devices but they're not going to fix the issue.

What a great holiday and Aussies are great travelers & with more vacation time than in the US (recently read that we have the fewest days of any industrialized country) many of our Aussie friends use those extra days to fully enjoy a trip. :D

Sure thing, here you go.

https://gosomeplace.wordpress.com/hawaii-2016/

Sure thing, here you go.

 

https://gosomeplace.wordpress.com/hawaii-2016/

Mahalo! :)

Thanks for such a detailed review so far. We are in the research phase for our upcoming POA cruise next Feb and am anxious to read the rest of the reviews when you have finished them and hopefully pick up some advice.

Thanks for such a detailed review so far. We are in the research phase for our upcoming POA cruise next Feb and am anxious to read the rest of the reviews when you have finished them and hopefully pick up some advice.

I read a lot of trip reports on here while researching for our holiday. It really helped when trying to figure out what to do and where to go.

I have completed the next part of my Hawaii blog.

Find the newest instalment here

https://gosomeplace.wordpress.com/2016/07/14/the-kualoa-ranch-and-hula-pie-day/

Or find them all of them here

https://gosomeplace.wordpress.com/hawaii-2016/

Not sure if anybody is following along but I shall just drop this here.

Day 6 Friday 13 May 2016

https://gosomeplace.wordpress.com/2016/07/17/the-waikiki-trolley-and-shopping-day/

Or start from the beginning here

https://gosomeplace.wordpress.com/hawaii-2016/

Happily following :D You did the best of both worlds--land and sea! My family of 5 will be on POA cruise in Aug 2016 so especially looking forward to your review on the cruise. This will be my children's and my first time in Hawaii so absolutely soaking in your journey regardless. Thank you for sharing!

Love love love your blog! Very informative and the pictures are excellent! Can't wait to read the rest of the entries about the cruise as we are leaving on August 10th!

Thank you for taking the time to do this!

Thank you so much for reading! I hope to have the first cruise day up tomorrow night (my time!). I just need to find my portable scanner so I can scan the embarkation photos. And the dailies.

Still following! :)

Thanks for reading along, I have some more. I'ts finally cruise day and it's in two parts.

https://gosomeplace.wordpress.com/2016/07/21/the-happy-birthday-cruise-day/

https://gosomeplace.wordpress.com/2016/07/21/the-happy-birthday-cruise-day-continued/

all of them are here https://gosomeplace.wordpress.com/hawaii-2016/

I've read the whole thing and ready for more! Really enjoying!

Thanks for reading along! I am currently sorting through photos for the first day in Maui. Hopefully tonight but more likely tomorrow night.

Wow, the ship is beautiful! This is the first review I've seen since her drydock last spring with this many pictures of the ship. You did an amazing job of showing how beautiful she is.

Thank you! She is beautiful isn't she. This was our first cruise so I have nothing to compare to but I think she's gorgeous.

Here is day one in Maui on the road to Hana and beyond

https://gosomeplace.wordpress.com/2016/07/25/the-twisty-turny-hana-day/

There are links to all of the previous Hawaii blog entries here

https://gosomeplace.wordpress.com/hawaii-2016/

Sunrise at Haleakala

https://gosomeplace.wordpress.com/2016/07/27/the-too-early-to-wake-up-haleakala-day/

or start from the beginning here

https://gosomeplace.wordpress.com/hawaii-2016/

I'm loving your report. Thank you so much for sharing.

Thank you for your great review. Am I reading it correctly that you used Roberts Hawaii for the Haleakala Sunrise tour? I am looking into this as well. Roberts says the tour ends at 11:50 (for when I am going). Will there be time to rent a car after or would there not be enough time?

OH NO - I have come to the end of the report - and its only just leaving Maui. Just loving it and loving the photos - can't wait for our trip next Feb. We are on the 25th Feb sailing - I was hoping that yours would be a Feb review and then we would know better what to expect.

Looking forward to the rest - you can never have enough photos!!

In Honolulu you used E Noa tours - I am sure we used them last time we were in Hawaii - but this time we are taking some Hawaii 'virgins' and I am wondering whether to do the circle tour again - How did you book it? Before you left home?

Any tours you can recommend. We are looking at one for Maui - but its the West side not Hana -

Helen

I can only go as far as day 9 - should I be able to get further?