We boarded a plane at 9:30 PM and flew to Las Vegas. We had to change terminals in Vegas, and the way to change terminals was not readily apparent. We ended up in the cellar, and waited 29 minutes for a 8 minute shutle ride, and had to go through security again. Luckily, we were the only ones in line at security. We had a 2 1/2 hour layover and used a bit more than one of those hours getting to the Hawaiian Airlines gate. We originally booked the gig in September of 07, and our seats were together. But in the ensuing months, the seat assignments had been scrambled. The flight to Honolulu was on time, but we thought it might be delayed, becuase we watched the maintenance dudes open up the left side engine most completely. We flew all night, and arrived at 5:00 AM. We did get some"quality" sleep on the flight.
On another note, a little girl was sitting accross from us in the front row. She had been in a car accident, which had caused her spinal cord to swell. She was unable to walk without incredible pain. She was about 2 1/2 years old. Because of her inability to walk, the crew moved her and her nurse to the front row. Some guy got on the plane, saw that they were in his seat, wanted them to move, and would not take no for an answer. The crew finally told him he had two options. Take the seat in row 18 or wait until the next day. Taking the seat on his boarding pass was not an option.
We found the hotel and kicked around a bit, but couldn't get into our room yet. So we drove north along the west coast of the island. We found that not everything is pristene and of "tourist attraction quality."The picture is of tents where people actually live on the beach.
The video is just of some waves crashing against the shore. No big deal.
re eating lunch, and the hotel called to let us know that we could now get into our room. We unpacked and took a nap. Then went into the water for the first time. The snorkeling was not great - the reefs are immature and the hotels are trying to lure more fishes into these man-made lagoons. The water was fantastic for families and little children.
We ate dinner (this is the view we had
watched the sunset and called it the morning and evening of day one. It was pretty good. 
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