Stay-cation in Waikiki

Hilton Waikiki Village Resort
Penguins in Hawaii
View from our Room
 Penguins in Hawaii!? We pulled out all the stops this past weekend for some anniversary fun in Waikiki. Thanks to my Hilton rewards credit card Heidi and I had a free weekend at the Hawaiian Hilton Village Resort in Waikiki. It is a pretty incredible complex reaching over 22 acres on the west end of Waikiki beach. 8 swimming pools, jacuzzis, and water slides played a big part in our "stay-cation". There is even a penguin rock pool exhibit there.
Molokai Royalty
   I think we were the only people there excited about the weather being overcast and a little rainy. We would jump from the pool to the hot tub, out to the ocean, and down the water slide into the pool again.
   I can't say that this is our normal adventurous weekend but what a way to mix things up. I was pretty excited about seeing the Friday night fireworks show but it turned out that our room was perfectly blocked from view. I tried to climb up to the roof of our tower, Hangover style, but the access door was shut tight.

Waikiki Glowing at Night

Our home for the weekend
  It was cool to get a nighttime view of Waikiki and soak it in over a couple of days. While this is the one place a lot of visitors see, it is the place that locals avoid the most. Parking is expensive and the rest of the island is just so inviting. However it is a beast unto itself and definitely worth checking out. Endless restaurants, entertainment, even a huge parade on our first morning there made Waikiki the place to be last weekend.

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