Getting there

We left our home in Västerås Monday Jul 13 headed to Arlanda, the airport in Stockholm. We had a very long day (actually two) ahead of us to even get to Hawaii.

Beeing a bit cheap in March when we booked our flight we had decided to save some $$$ and go with Us Airways overseas, and now as we were about to leave, at least Eva questioned that descision. It wasn't the most comfortable trip we've made over the Atlantic, and the staff is certainly not fast or friendly, but if you don't care it is an option.....

After a 9 h flight to Philadelphia and 2 h stop to clear immigration we were off on our second leg, another 6 h to San Fransisco. Then some 5 h to Honolulu and finally we were actually waiting for the last flight to take us to the Big Island of Hawaii. We were really surprised when we found a patio to spend our time waiting for the flight inside the security check point.

After a 46 h trip we finally reached our home for the next seven days - The Fairmont Orchid in the West coast of Big Island, HI.

We checked into a beautiful ocean view room, had a fast dinner and went to sleep.