Our 2 big full day tours were to Pearl Harbor ( Tue ) and the Volcanoes ( Thu ). Pearl Harbor is only a 30 min drive from Honolulu and we opted for 4 separate tours on the day. We bookended the start and finish of WW2 for the U.S. with the USS Arizona Memorial ( sunk by the Japanese on that 'day of infamy' ) and a tour of the USS Missouri ( where the peace declaration was signed in Tokyo Bay ). In a way, Pearl Harbor was America's Gallipoli - and it oozes with patriotism. The Arizona Memorial - floating over the sunken wreck of the battleship - is their Shrine of Remembrance.
And then to Hawaii ( the island ) from Hawaii ( the country ) to get a ground and aerial view of the active volcanoes. Underground lava flows are occurring, and we got to glimpse a couple of spots where the flow was exposed from our helicopter. The rest of our day was all about lava,lava,lava. I was surprised that none of the souvenir shops sold lava lamps, but the Librarian stocked up on treats from the chocolate factory and a couple of the obligatory ' I survived the volcano t-shirts'.
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