Hawaii Day 3 - Pearl Harbour and Chinatown (video)

Today, we visited Pearl Harbour USS Arizona Memorial and then Chinatown afterwards.

Pearl Harbour was the American naval base that was attacked by Japan during WWII on Dec. 7, 1941. The battleship USS Arizona sunk during the air strike. A total of 1103 men out of 1400 crew loss their lives. The ship was declared a national shrine in 1962.




We arrived there around 11am and didn't think that we'd get in. I read reviews on this attraction and was told that on busy days, tickets get sold out by 10am! But we were lucky; we waited only 45 minutes for the next tour. The tour includes a 20 minute video and then a boat ride to the memorial area. It was really interesting to find out the history on this part of the war and see the video clips of it.






After Pearl Harbour, we went to Chinatown for a walk. It wasn't very big and not much to see. What we really wanted to do was buy some vegetables and fruit. I didn't realize how expensive healthy food was in Hawaii, because everything has to be shipped here. Fast food, on the other hand, was very cheap. You can get a burger at McDonalds for $1. We bought some veggies and lots of papaya. Yummmm, so good and cheap. Wished that I could bring some back with me.