Monday, December 4, 2006

Day 2: Submarine

Just like the day before we met down at the lobby for breakfast. Shashi browsed through the newspaper to find the headlines stating that the “ABC Store” owner had passed away. We sighed as the previous night we were curious to learn about the ABC stores as we found so many of them every other block. After a moment we continued with our breakfast. Bread, Butter, Jam, Muffins, Danish, Freshly brewed Hawaiian Kona Coffee, Sliced Oranges & Pineapple. After filling our stomach we went up to our rooms. At the hotel that morning Shashi lay down on the bed for a while as I was refreshing myself in the bathroom. Suddenly he yells “Did you feel that jolt?” Well! Since I felt nothing I obviously nodded no. Shashi explained as if he had felt a mild tremor certainly I disagreed. We drove to Hilton Hawaiian village where we were asked to check in for the submarine ride. On the drive to Hilton Chandan was mentioning that his brother Charan had called to enquire about tremors. He had heard about it in the news. He said that there were some mild tremors in the big island. Shashi boasted of his experience and was unfortunately cornered to a failed claim as none of us had felt a thing. The moment passed and it was now time for fun. We had arrived early for the submarine ride and had some time to kill. We went around Hilton you get some good photo spots. After several click clicks we headed back to the Atlantis submarine ride. We boarded a ferry that took us to the submarine. The ferry was fun too, breezy and refreshing. The weather was sunny, bright and all you can ask for, a wonderful day for outing. After a while our submarine emerged out from the middle of the sea. We were transferred from the ferry. Everyone got to sit by a peep window. As the submarine attained depth, pressure set in and made us feel a hint of sea sickness. Also various colors were absorbed by the water and it all appeared mostly blue including the sea life. So if you are expecting to see colorful fishes you’ll be in for a surprise. Otherwise the overall experience was interesting and the best if one can’t swim well. Once done the ferry picked us back and drop us at Hilton. We went back to our hotel for lunch. Had the left over Thai food from the previous night and went down to the pool. After some pool time went back to our rooms to get dressed for the Luau.

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