Feb 2004

18.00 - Today i decided to go to Pearl Harbour. I got the bus there which seemed to take ages, at least an hour anyway. Can't complain though because the busses are all $2. The weather was good and i had some music with me. I got to see downtown Honolulu and Waikiki too. The Peal Harbour museum was free and very interesting. It told the history of the attack and of the ships that were sunk. It was quite small though. We then took a boat out to the wreck of the only ship still left sunk in the harbour, the USS Arizona. There is a memorial built over the sip that doesn't actually touch it but allows you to see the deck and gun turrets. There was also a list of all those that died on the sip during the attack. Before going on the boat to the memorial, we watched a short video which was quite sad. When we got back to shore, i went to another museum next to Pearl Harbour. This one was about submarines and included a tour around a real sub. It was good to see all the torpedo tubes and how small the living quarters were. I would have hated to live in those cramped conditions for months on end. I was given a walkman to listen to ask i walked around but i turned it off because is was crap. I headed back home after here. A good day overall.