C6-Wednesday, February 6, 1980 - North Shore News

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WAIKIKI! Right now, [
am taking my life in my
hands, standing up straight,
and announcing: “! HATE
THE PLACE” What an
awtul thing to do instead of a
holiday!

trayel-

by Barbara
McCreadie

Flabby tourists line the

beaches, towel to towei.
Sidewalks are as congested
as buses at rush-hour.
Driving is an invitation to
disaster: Systems of one-way
streets go nowhere = and
suddenly become two-way
with little warning. Parking
is hopeless! Subtract the
heat and the aloha shirts and
you might just as well be in
downtown New York during
a subway stnke.

Shopping? Miles and miles
of stores litter the streets, ail
selling the same trash. Bus-
loads of Japanese ‘ourists
march through in waves, ail
anxious to keep up with s
guide who took his training
in the Boston Marathon.
They don’t dare let him out
of sight because many don't
speak English and are
ternfied of getting lost.

“Barbara! Your kids will
be bored stiff on Maui. You
must let them have a couple
of days in Honolulu! Poor
deprived little kids! Nothing
to do but beachcomb. Show
them the bright lights and
the joys of Waikiki.” Like an
idiot, | took that bad advice.

After four - days of
Waikiki, | asked my “poor
deprived kids” how they
liked the place.

“Yetch!” said one.

‘I'm glad you brought us
here.”, said another “!
didn't oeheve you when you
told us it was the pits. Now |
dol”

“Please, Mom, NEVER
AGAIN'”. announced the
third. “The sirens and the

traffwe have kept me awake
for four mghts ~

Ellie Hender
MANAGER

1112 Kapilano 100

ark Royal South West Van ouver

EMEP etek Bb nee 4

Atl agreed that Honolulu
was only useful as a place to
catch another plane to one
of the outer islands. “Do you
think that they'll ever have a
direct flight to Maui so we
wont have to come here at
all’ Asked one daughter.

(sur first might in our
condy (2121 Resort on Alu
Wai:, tound us hot, tired and
lit no mood to brave the
crow ds for dinner. The gal at
tlic desk offered a “take-out
or delivery” menu from a

place called MAGOOS
PIZZA.
Expecting the worst, |

called in an order. An hour
later, we were pleasantly
surprised to find that the
whole dinner was quite
acceptable and under $20 for
five. Chicken dinners at
$3.40 included four pieces of
chicken, French fries and
corn-on-the-cob. The “Super
Sub Sandwiches” were large
and the buns were fresh.
One “Baby-size” pizza left
enough over for three
midnight snacks — one
piece each for kids.

It wasn't quite like dining
at the “Ritz”, but as a
desperation measure it beats
walking through a rainstorm.

One night, Bnan and I
decided on another
“getaway”. No plans, no
reservations, just walk until
we found someplace. We
found CHUCK’S at 247
Lewers St. By following the
arrows through a junk shop
and heading down a flight of
Stairs, you'll find it without
much trouble. Always
careful, | asked a couple of
tourists on their way oul,
“How's the food?”

“Great. Try the prme
ribs.”
We did and they really

were great. Salad bar, en-
tertainment and = decent
prices. I'd go back.

If shopping is your “joy
and delight”, the Ala Moana
Mall is the place. { tet the
rest of my maniac family
brouse around while |
headed for a bookshop. We

had breakfast at Smitty's
Pancake house. Fair.
if you have ae car,

Foodland Market in the
same Mall is a good place to
pick up emergency supplies.
Otherwise, don't buy too
much because fighting
brown paper sacks on
crowded buses isn’t fun.
Speaking of cars, we
rented one from the airport
from Dollar-Rent-A-Car. [
phoned half a dozen places
using the free phones at the
airport and they had the
cheapest short of

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e beach with towel:

"“Rent-A-Wreck"’. They
picked us up at the airport,
rented us a Datsun standard
for $13.95 and returned us to
the airport on our way out. It
was cheaper than taking a
cab trom the airport to a
hotel. Even though we didn't
use the car fur one full day. |
think we probably saved
money by renting for the full
ume,

One day we drove to some
beaches outside of Honolulu
for a few hours. Un-
fortunately, all of us were
spoiled by Maui where we
could step right out of our
building onto lovely sandy
beach and rinse off the sand
in the shower on the patio.

As always, we treated
ourselves to a superb
restaurant for our last night
in Hawaii. This time we
chose the Safari Room in the
Sheraton Waikiki. The food
was fine, if not spectacular.
The bill, including tip and a
bottle of wine was ninely
dollars for five.

Our waiter was charming!
I chose the Madras Curry
and he began to explain to
me that the order came with
rice and CARRAS.

“Excuse me, but what is
CARRAS?", expecting some
exotic condiment.

He looked puzzied for a
minute and then brightened.
In his best Hong Kong
English he announced, “Ah.
But it is what see wabbits
eat! See? CHOMP
CHOMP!” Meanwhile, he
did a fantastic impersonation
of a rabbit with a carrot!

Aloha to exotic dining for
a while! I'd better go throw
some carras in my stew!

On our flight home,
Wardair was very generous
with the dmnks. Knowing
that Brian didn't have to
drive home from the airport,
1 didn't swing into my usual
routine: “Make that coffee
on the rocks!”

I expected our trip
through Canada Customs
would) go smoothly. We
assured that the kids

wouldn't have any more than

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$50 worth of goods by the
simple expedient of allowing
them only that = much
spending money.

But. | hadn't counted on
two anemic-looking
coconuls causing any
problem. Our two youngesi
daughters purchased them at
the Honolulu airport to bring
back to school.

After we passed through
the first set of custom's
officials, we got shifted over
to the Agriculture In-
spectors.

“How many in your
party?”, the girlinquired.

“Twenty-four im-
migrants'”, announced dear
husband, with a_ lopsided
grin.

“Five, all Canadians,” I
quickly amended.

They inspected the lousy
coconuts and - pronounced
them OK.

“What's in that package?”
was the next question, in-
dicating a large box we were
carrying.

“Torpedoes!” claimed my
husband.

“A radio from the duty-
free shop,” I yiped. “See, the
bill is ghued on the side.”

Luckily, they didn't take
him seriously or 1d probably
be writing this column from
the local lock-up.

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