The tropical scenery of Honolulu was great fun. The trolleybus was proceeding to Diamond Head through downtown and then along Waikiki Beach. When the bus started to climb the slope up, the conversation among passengers behind us came to our ears. Some of them seemed to have jogged up that slope a month before. They said, "the slope looks not so steep, but it was really hard work to run up this slope."
My daughter had an interest in the story and asked them about what they were talking. They were from Canada and were staying in Honolulu since a month before and joined the Honolulu Half Marathon in early April. They seemed to enjoy not only the race itself but the communication with local people. My daughter suggested to me next year's visit to Honolulu timed to the half marathon.
We got out of the bus at the busy street to get some food for my wife, who was sleeping in the condo, then took about 20 minutes' walk to the condo. After handing the food to my wife, we walked around the Hilton Hawaiian Village, in which my condo is located, for some time. There are lots of shops, restaurants, small pools, a lagoon, a beach, a food court,,,we didn't need to buy anything outside of the village. It was a really gorgeous place. We didn't know our way in the strange places.
ちょこっとだけダイヤモンドヘッドへ：
ダウンタウンを抜けてワイキキビーチに沿って走るトロリーバスの中から南国らしい風景を楽しんだ。バスはダイヤモンドヘッドを反時計回りに周り登っていく。ここで隣の席の人が話している言葉が耳に入った。先月から滞在しているカナダ人でどうやらこの坂を最近走ったらしい。健康のためのジョギングかと思って聞いていたのだが、ハーフマラソンがあったとのこと。娘が詳しく話を聞いていた。娘から来年参加しようよと誘われる、、、
部屋で寝ているカミさんに食べ物を買って一旦帰宅。コンドミニアムのあるヒルトンハワイアンビレッジ内をしばらく娘と散歩。レストランがいくつもあるし、ショッピングストリートも、フードコートも、プールも、ラグーンもビーチも、、、外で何か買ってくることはなかった。何せ初めてなので勝手がわからない、、、
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