Our plane reached Honolulu at 3pm.

Although I’ve traveled for a whole day and it’s 8pm in Iowa, I wasn’t tired.

I walked out of the airport, and immediately filled my lung with the island air. Ohhh.. this air smells so familiar. The temperature was perfect (76F/24C).

I was delighted to feast my eyes with exotic tropical plants which some are available in Borneo and some I’ve never seen.

You don’t see this in Iowa.

Radim was able to connect with Kim and Natalie and arrange to have a dinner together. It was so nice to see some old friends, in Oahu!

We went to Phuket Thai restaurant for little din din.

My first impression of the restaurant was the waiters were very friendly and laid back. Perhaps a little too laid back because the service was slow. I was in such good mood and company that I didn’t mind.

Yummy seafood Pad Thai

Me, Radim, Natalie, Kim and Karan

In the photo, Natalie, Kim and I were showing the shaka sign. This is done by extending the pinkie and the thumb while curling the middle three fingers. This is a friendly sign of greeting in Hawaii.

After the dinner, it was about 9pm and the weather get chilly. Nothing unbearable though.

On our way home to the apartment, we stopped by a grocery store to buy some bread and eggs for tomorrow’s breakfast (we rented an apartment and it has kitchen). I’ve read in the guide book that the produce here could be expensive. So, I was very curious about the prices of the grocery.

Well, what do you think of the prices?

The price of eggs in Malaysia is about RM3 (less than USD1) per dozen. My mom would get a heart attack when she sees the prices of eggs in Honolulu.

We picked up some papayas, bananas, bread, jam, water, etc from the supermarket. By the time we finished grocery shopping, I was quite tired (already 3am in Iowa time).

Came back t to the apartment and went straight to bed!