HNL

Arrived at HNL

No hurricane, not even a little bit of a breeze - i wish there was it was 30C and probably about 90% humidity

Due to the hurricane, there was some sort of commandeering of the public transport system to help in the event of evacuation, so i took a speediShuttle bus to the the hotel - something like $27 return. 

there's a rep in the arrivals hall, but i found them by accident as i tried to find the bus stop

They send you an email with a link to your ticket in addition to the paper one - you can also book the return journey at the same time as buying a ticket. Transfer time was about 20 minutes via the freeway

Checkin was easy enough, used the new Hilton Honors app to select my hotel room, whilst i was still in LAX. at checkin i got given 2 bottles of water and a warmed cookie.

due to the delay, i didn't get to spend much time in Honolulu.

Went for a quick walk around the next day, but then it was off to the airport

speediShuttle picked me up on time, bit of a guided tour of the hotels of Honolulu, transfer this time was about 35 mins, and they had my at the airport at the time i asked for.

Stayed at the Doubletree Alana Waikiki Hotel - 15th Floor, which is the Hilton Honors floor
its a bit of a trek to the "seafront" - if you go out of the hotel, turn right and walk along till you come to a set of traffic lights/ Wailana Coffee house - turn left across the road, and you can walk thru the Hilton Hawaiian Village to the sea

Even the toilet signs wear Hawaiian shifts

HNL is very open design - no masses of security glass here

George relaxing on his massive chair