Royal Aloha Waikiki

Dancing girls at the Kona Airport on the way from the Big Island.

Well, it's been a slow week in the new condo in Honolulu. We've done a little sightseeing, ate some (a lot of) local food and just relaxed. Of course, I guess that's what vacations are all about.

View of the gardens from our Hale Koa room where we spent one
night waiting for our Monday check in at the new condo.

Seaward side of the Army Museum at Ft DeRussy next door to the Hale Koa Hotel.

The Royal Aloha Vacation Club has units in three buildings here in the Waikiki area. We are in the Royal Aloha Towers about a block south of Ala Wai Channel, about four blocks north of the beach and about two miles from Diamond Head. In addition to the condos here in Honolulu Royal Aloha has units in Maui and Kona, Hawaii; Lake Tahoe; Branson; Acapulco; Chandler, Arizona; Otter Rock, OR, and Marbella, Spain.

Diamond Head from the beach in front of the Hale Koa Hotel.

This condo is a two bedroom, two bath with the usual amenities. Nothing fancy but a good location and a clean place to call home temporarily. We haven't stayed at any of their other units but based on this unit we would be willing to give them a try.

A little red head under the tropical trees.

From our home base it's an easy walk to the big public Waikiki beach, ten minutes to the Army Museum at Ft DeRussy, twenty minutes to Ala Moana mall (the biggest mall in Hawaii) and restaurants too numerous to count. In addition there are buses that go everywhere.

Not far from our building we found the Trump Hotel.

Colorful flowers abound here in Honolulu also.

The public is guaranteed access to all beaches in Hawaii but there are some that are dedicated to public use. The large public beach at Waikiki is an example of such a beach.

The big public beach at Waikiki with many concessions and amenities.

I admire the shape of the tropical trees. There are the lanky palm trees and the busy mimosas. Then there are the stereotypical shape of the "umbrella" trees.