Here is the brief:
Picked up at 8:10
For the next 30 min driver was trying to find a place for us since “there were 150 people and not enough busses”. Finally we were pawned onto other tour bus. The only seating was at the back bench, above ac unit blasting a warm air.
Next stop, now 9:30, to rent a snorkel equipment. At around 9:55 we finally at the first scheduled stop. I only say that because my fellow passenger had shared my new itinerary with us. Having no ac on the bus felt like a torture.
There were 3 observation points stops and one souvenir shop stop. A lots corny jokes from a driver that were getting lost in oppressively hot bus. There was an attempt to teach us some Hawaiian. For some reason I remember lolo, a dumb, and that’s exactly how I felt wasting my precious vacation.
2:00 pm paid lunch and by providence another bus tour driver ‘fixed’ our ac. That our driver, must not know how to properly turn on.
3:45 after seems passing endless bays with calm clear water, we at most rugged, rocky beach. Yes we did see promised turtles, but only few of us dared to go for a swim.
4:20 stop at Dole pineapple farm, that closes at 4:30.
Unremarkable quite time in a typical rush hours traffic, puts back at our hotel at 6:30
Please give my day back!