King Kamehameha floral parade and Pearl Harbor

Today we decided to take the bus to see the floral parade in celebration of King Kamehameha who was the first king of Hawaii (1795). The king Kamehameha day is a national state holiday on June 10th and the floral parade on Honolulu is usually the day after.

The floral parade did not last for long since our bus already was delayed and the parade had already started.

The parade also included segways...

After the floral parade we waited to take the bus towards Arizona memorial aka Pearl Harbor because of the heavy traffic due to the floral parade.
Finally we got the right bus and it took us 45 minutes to get to Pearl Harbor.
At Pearl Harbor we saw the USS Bowfin, a submarine that was launched exactly a year after the Japanese air strike. And we visited the USS Arizona Memorial.

The USS Arizona was one of the many ships that sank, but were most American soldiers lost their life during the Japanese air strike of Pearl Harbor. First we got to see a 23 minute long documentary of Pearl Harbor and the history behind the Japanese aggression. Then we were shipped off to the USS Arizona Memorial where you can still see parts of the big ship underwater.

There are still American soldiers at rest inside the ship today.

Tomorrow we are leaving Hawaii to go to our beloved countries. We have 4 plane trips before us, 3 trips for Sonja. So at around 5 am are we leaving our nice bed & breakfast to get to the airport to fly to L.A. There will however only be a short stop of maximum 3 hours there so no sightseeing in L.A, but rather recovery before our next 10 hour trip towards London...We are not going to look forward to it, but we look forward to come back to the Netherlands and Norway. This trip has been amazing and we have experienced a whole lot.