Saturday night
We decided to go out and have a nice meal at a beach restaurant. We chose the one we wanted (with a discount voucher, of course!) at the Outrigger Reef Hotel; we could get a beach table but there was at least 1.5 hours wait, inside was noisy, so off we went walking to the Cheesecake Factory (Eleish's recommendation). When we got there, there were people waiting all over the courtyard entry with their little beepers – so … again we went walking and ended up at Atlantis Seafood and Steak. Very nice, posh restaurant and no wait! On the way up the stairs, the doorman gave us a voucher which saved us $10 each off our meal (even though we were just past the time when they applied) – good one for King's Kids! Delicious meal, sitting just inside from the balcony, overlooking the Ferrari shop. This is the long street where all the designers are: you name it, they're there.
Sunday morning
We'd noticed a chapel service mentioned in a tourist brochure: 8.30 on Sundays at the Outrigger Reef Hotel. There was a little area set up in the lobby, just inside from the beach restaurant but still with the beach views (gorgeous!). It turned out we were the only ones there, plus one other guy; the preacher and his wife were delighted to meet us Aussies; we had a good chat before it was time to start. They had a guitar and sang a couple of songs, then he gave his testimony, then we finished with Amazing Grace My Chains Are Gone. It wasn't quite what we were expecting but it was nice to be able get a bit of God stuff. They have a beach ministry and do another service somewhere on the beach later in the morniong.
Off we went to Starbucks and took our coffee round the corner to the beach. We could have sat there all day, but alas, we have to get ready to go to the luau shortly! It's really tough being on holidays in Hawaii!
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