2001---3 nights on Oahu

2001---The Bus and Hanauma Bay

About a month before we made our first trip to the Islands --- back in 1998---we went to a timeshare presentation in St. Louis and actually bought an EOY 1 bedroom/1 bath unit at Kauai Beach Villas.  We didn't buy it because we thought we'd be going to Kauai.  We bought it because we were naive and believed we could exchange it and go anywhere we wanted to go.  We had banked the first year in RCI since we already had a TWA Getaway planned for Oahu in 1998.  But we fell in love with Hawaii on that short trip, so when 2001 rolled around we decided to go and see what we actually bought into.  Since we weren't sure we'd like Kauai as much as we did Oahu, we booked a night in Waikiki before heading over to Kauai and 2 nights after our week on Kauai.  Turned out we loved Kauai even more!  We were actually a little disappointed to be leaving Kauai and going back to Oahu.  But, hey, it's still Hawaii!  It beat going back home!!!
This time we didn't do any organized excursions.  Instead we jumped on The Bus and rode a couple of places.  We discovered you could ride all the way around the island for $1.  Took about 2 hours, but it was a great way to see more of the island.
One of the views along the road as we rode The Bus.

 Another view from The Bus.

 View of Rabbit Island.  Not it's real name, but got that nickname because it supposedly looks like a rabbit. 

 We also took The Bus to Hanauma Bay another day. 

 LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the snorkeling there!

 one happy snorkeler.

 a collage of some of the fishies we saw there.

 So even though we were sad to be leaving Kauai, we still had a great time on Oahu.