The Pali lookout is located off the Pali highway above some tunnels on the mountain side where you can see a panoramic view of Kaneohe town. It was super windy that day so we were there maybe 15 minutes. Besides the view, there isn't much there to see. The view was gorgeous although not worth the $3 parking fee.
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Next stop was Iolani Palace, the official residence of King Kalākaua and Queen Lili'uokalani, who were the last in a long line of ruling Hawaiian royalty. Richard really wanted to see this place because of the show called Hawaii FIVE-O TV series. Actually, he was interested in seeing the Court that was located across the street from Iolani Palace instead. So we got a pic of both of these places.
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After Iolani Palace, it was already past 1pm so we wanted to go eat somewhere. It was hot. Because we were in Waikiki and we didn't know our way around, we wanted to eat somewhere that had air conditioning. We drove around and around and around... then decided to get out of Waikiki downtown (because every restaurant we drove to, there was no parking!). We ended up eating at Jack-in-the-Box close to the zoo. There was free parking, air conditioning, real washrooms...phewf.
After eating, we challenged ourselves to find parking as close to Waikiki beach as possible. We drove for about 15 minutes and actually found free parking 2 blocks away from Waikiki beach. We were lucky.
When we got to Waikiki beach, my first thought was "wow, it is super crowded here". The water seemed a bit dirty too (probably from everyone going into the water). Jasmine and Julia both had a grand time though (anything with sand and water can make them happy). Personally, as a beach, this isn't my first choice, considering how Hanauma Bay looked like. But I guess if we had a hotel righ next to door, walking down to the beach would be such easy access.
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