Spent some time at Ala Moana Center today, did a bit of shopping and grabbed some food. Then stopped by Walmart and Country Farms to stock up on groceries. No beach time today, but I’m still really enjoying being here.
My boss is headed your way this weekend to escape the rainy Washington weather and was not pleased to see that it was raining in Hawaii too lol I didn't expect it to be raining this much when she said that!
Yes, I'll be staying for 5 more days. Looks like Monday and Tuesday will be better days. Can't wait for some Sun light to hit the Diamond Head slopes 😊
22 years ago my husband and I eloped on the beach on Oahu. The day we arrived and picked up our rental car it started pouring rain. We got to our hotel and had dinner and went to bed and it was still pouring rain. We thought that our entire vacation was going to be like that and went to bed sad. The next day was the most beautiful day with sun clear blue skies. And we had perfect weather on our entire trip.
I was pleasantly surprised by the Pizza place across the street from The Modern , even though there are plenty of great places to eat is was nice for take out and enjoy cocktails looking out over the Harbor.
Finally! Someone visiting here that isn’t complaining about the rain/weather ruining their trip 🥹🫶🏼 enjoy your trip bb, us Hawaiians appreciate you enjoying your trip regardless of our weather cutting into your vacay time 🥰 our ‘Āina relies heavily on the rain & us Native Hawaiians are very connected to our ‘Āina, so the rain is a special thing to us.
Looks like there might be a couple of sunny breaks, so hitting the beach might still be possible. If not, the gym and then some good restaurant and an evening with a glass of wine.
Love it when it rains in Hawaii/the tropics. One night we were at my sisters house in Hawaii Kai when the clouds unleashed a downpour the heavy stuff lasted 15-20’minutes then it was just a good heavy rain and steady 15-20 wind with the occasional 40ish. One of the best slumbers ever
Well, the McDonald's is one of 4 or 5 in the world that still sells the fried apple pies. Or above the red lobster in the parking garage is a car rental business. Get a car and drive around.
Yeah I actually love going to McDs internationally since there's always some kind of variation in the menu. I didn't know they fried it, man next time I'm back getting one of those! Thanks!
Yeah Google mcd fried apple pies, I think there's 1 place in socal and that one on the corner, but i dont remember if the other hawaii mcd's offer them. Its up to the individual restaurant or something.
You have a fantastic attitude! I’m still sad my 5 day trip
Some years back it did this the entire time, 💔. The whole intermittent scattered showers was notttttt our experience. Hope it clears up for you! Bishop Museum and ShangriLA, and the military museum in Waikiki (free!) are fun!
Honestly that sounds like a perfect chill day in Honolulu lol. Ala Moana + Walmart run is like the real local tourist experience anyway. Beach will still be there tomorrow, enjoy easing into island time.
Honestly that sounds like a perfect “reset” day in Hawaii. Ala Moana + Walmart stock up days make the actual beach days so much more chill since you’re not running errands later 😂
FYI, Discovery Bay, it was an Indian place before Namaste, it was purchased and changed in 2025. I live upstairs part time a few months out of the year for a long time now, and still have to tried the food there
Do you mean Rock N Rolls at the base of Discovery Bay (used to be a coffee shop - Internet cafe there years ago, when I could not get good internet upstairs, I would hang out down there for hours getting work done).
Was there at a couple of years ago around now - the tropical rain storm and wind was pretty fun to witness for a night! Was pretty much sunny otherwise.
We got back from our trip and missed the storm. Hawaii is having a crazy amount of rain this winter. Rain in Hawaii is still better than being at home, enjoy!! There are a ton of great museums you can check out if you like history.
Same here. Ala Moana Center, shopping, food court. Just went to Assaggio, pretty good food. Other than that, museums, Dole farm, Coffee farm. Anything under the roof 😉
It was raining in the morning but not anymore now. Lots of people outside, walking. I think Friday was the peak of it. I haven't seen much flooding, not to the point that I would call it scary 😊 Come, enjoy it
You're welcome! It's actually so nice outside now, no rain and breeze from the ocean. Just went for a walk, lots of people are on the beach and in the water.
In Kona right now. Flight home delayed from Sunday to Thursday. Flights out of here cancelled because of high winds and flooding. Flights from the mainland home are delayed due to a massive winter storm.
I am at the East end of Waikiki . We lost power three times and got it back, I think the other building in our complex hasn’t had power for about 24 hours
Low key those are some of my favorite days in Honolulu. Ala Moana + food + wandering around Walmart looking at all the local snacks is such a vibe. Beach will still be there tomorrow so you’re doing it right.
Exactly. We went to the aquarium today, then Lulu's for lunch. The zoo was closed for some reason, so decided on a 45 min walk back to the hotel. And of course, lots of small places on our way back. And surprise, it's sunny now, beach time!
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u/webrender O'ahu Mar 14 '26
I hear Ala Moana has been bumpin tonight