My wife and I both enjoy this Hawaii trip. Though the travel time on board ship was long. The adventure time, the five days around the islands, was worth it. Seeing the volcano crater was very impressive. It was too bad the we could not go around the road as the hazardous gases were spewing up out of the center and flooding the road. The most impressive part of this trip was the Pearl Harbor Memorial for me being ex-Navy. You just cannot help but being extremely impressed and emotional by looking at all of the names of the ships and the people who were buried under the waves along with them. I was disappointed that I could not get aboard the submarine, as it required a ticket which we could not get because the tenders going over to the memorial were not running due to high wind. I would've expected the submarine tour to be an alternative choice by Rhodes Scholar, but that did not happen. The coffee plantation we visited was very impressive, and I did not waste any time in shipping home 5 pounds of their best coffee beans. This came as a great surprise to my wife when we arrived home for the box had already arrived. Her question being why 5 pounds? The aquarium we visited was very fascinating. So many different types of sharks and stingrays and manta rays were very fascinating. I learn something new about a few of the fish that have barbs on the back of their bodies at the junction of their tail and body. This is used to ward off fish that tried to eat them by slicing the skin of the inside of the mouth or the outside of the fish. This is something new I did not know and it was quite fascinating. All in all it was a very enjoyable experience and I recommend it for anybody who is interested in the Hawaiian Islands.

Great program to learn about our 50th state.