After an average nights sleep, we were up early for our day tour. Our first stop was the famous castle of Neuschwanstein, a nineteenth-century Romanesque Revival palace located above the village of Hohenschwangau near Füssen in southwest Bavaria, Germany. The palace was commissioned by Ludwig II of Bavaria as a retreat and as a homage…
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Our next stop on the tour was Weis Church or the Pilgrimage Church of Weis. Apparently back in 1738, tears were seen on a dilapidated wooden figure of the Scourged Saviour. This miracle resulted in a pilgrimage rush to see the sculpture. In 1740, a small chapel was built to house the statue but it was…
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We flew out of Hawaii at some ungodly hour! Had to get up at like 3:30am in order to drop the car off by 5am. Of course Kylie left her nice new expensive jacket in the hire car. Luckily Kylie realised before we went through security and the nice people from Alamo arranged for the…
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Our last stop for the day was Manoa Falls, which we thought was going to be an easy walk! Not! The trail was more elevated than we anticipated and quite muddy which made it very slippery, so we had to be extra careful! The humidity was quite high so we were very hot by the…
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We headed to this landmark and did the historic hiking trail, witnessed the stunning coastal views from the top and saw the remnants of its military history. Diamond Head State Monument covers 475 acres, including the interior and outer slopes of the crater.
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Today we take in the sights of the city with the hop on hop off bus that we would recommend to anyone as we can spend as little or as much time as we like anywhere with 4 different buses in different directions along with information and commentary. We head to the furthest point and…
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This morning we visited this magnificent bay. Peter took to the water with mask and snorkel to witness the beautiful marine life (unfortunately, the coral has been damaged due to years of neglect, despite attempts by the custodians in recent years to educate visitors by making them undertake an induction). One of the highlights for…
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We had to rush from the Dole Plantation to make dinner at the Polynesian Cultural Centre. The dinner was a buffet that consisted of steamed tropical fish, lomilomi salmon, shoyu glazed chicken, taro rolls (they were purple!) and plenty of salad, rice and dessert. While we ate dinner they had a Hawaiian show on which…
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Our next stop was the Dole Plantation, home of the pineapple. They have three activities there, the world’s largest maze, a train ride through the plantation and a garden. We managed to get on the train but missed out on the maze and garden. The maze apparently takes about 45mins to get through but we…
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After battling through heavy traffic, we arrived at Bishop Museum. The exhibits include a complete sperm-whale skeleton, kahili, a traditional Hawaiian hut and scary ancestor dudes! Please allow yourself plenty of time to go through the exhibits. We were running behind schedule and only spent 45mins there.
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