Day 5: 10 March - Final day in Hawaii!

And so it came to my final day in Oahu! I was very sad to be leaving, but I was excited to head over to mainland USA and continue on with the adventure.

That morning, I got up nice and early, checked out, and hopped on a bus to Pearl Harbour - when in Oahu, definitely go! It was an incredible and very interesting place. The bus ride was about 1hr 20mins away from my hostel, but it went nice and quickly. I love travelling by bus - I got to see a bit more of Honolulu as well.

When I got to Pearl Harbour, I explored the grounds a little bit. They have memorials and plaques everywhere, as well as many different types of torpedos scattered around - I didn't realise there were so many kinds! I decided to visit the U.S.S Bowfin (though I regret not having enough time to explore the U.S.S Arizona too). The U.S.S Bowfin is a submarine that the US soldiers used in WW2. It was incredible to walk through, and see what these 30+ men had to live in when they were out at sea. It was so tightly cramped, and there weren't even enough beds for every man. Because I can't remember too much detail from the tour, here are some pictures of inside and outside the submarine.

Torpedo holes!

Sleeping quarters

Tiny little doors!

Big gun

U.S.S Bowfin

After Pearl Harbour, I was getting very mindful of the time, as I needed to be back for my airport shuttle. I managed to find the correct bus and make it back with about an hour to spare. To say goodbye, I headed down to the beach one last time, and out on to the jetty to enjoy the sight of the beautiful, clear water. Hawaii is an incredible place, I can't wait to go back there again!

View from the jetty

The shuttle then picked me up and got me to the airport a good 3 hours before my flight left! Apparently they were expecting horrific traffic, which is quite common in Oahu. I can't remember what I had in my mind before I got to Oahu, but I was expecting all tropical island living. I was very wrong! They have an incredible amount of highways and traffic! Luckily, we managed to avoid this on the way to the airport.

After bumming around for a few hours, and updating my blog posts, I was on the 9pm flight out of Oahu and over to Los Angeles!