{"id":3476,"date":"2025-12-01T19:24:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T19:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travel.johnmatienzo.com\/?p=3476"},"modified":"2025-12-01T19:24:02","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T19:24:02","slug":"hawaii-oahu-2025-day-6-and-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travel.johnmatienzo.com\/?p=3476","title":{"rendered":"Hawaii &#8211; Oahu 2025 Day 6 and 7"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"p1\">Last full day in Oahu! We started the day by picking up our rental car from Enterprise (they are located at the hotel so pick up \/ drop off is easy, and don\u2019t have to pay for parking), and then going back to the Ala Moana Center to buy a Grand Seiko watch (a friend needed to sleep on the decision). I also got a chance to try out the poke bowl at Foodland Farms. Details here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/food.johnmatienzo.com\/2025\/12\/01\/foodland-farms-poke-bowl-station\/\">https:\/\/food.johnmatienzo.com\/2025\/12\/01\/foodland-farms-poke-bowl-station\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">We then headed to the north part of the island to check out surfers at The Banzai Pipeline.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">Along the way was stopped by the Dole Plantation to eat some Dole Whip (ice cream), and walk around the pineapple gardens.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">We also stopped by Shark\u2019s Cove to see the waves (although didn\u2019t see any sharks\u2026 apparently there are non-human eating sharks there).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">When we finally got to The Banzai Pipeline, we spent 40 minutes there. There were lots of surfers, but only saw a handful actually riding the large waves (waves can get up to 20 feet). Was able to capture 2 videos though!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">From the pipeline we were gonna head over to Lanakai Beach, but didn\u2019t have enough time in terms of sunlight to do so, so we ended up heading back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">When we got back, we dropped of the car and headed to the International Marketplace to eat at a place called Herringbone. Here are the details:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/food.johnmatienzo.com\/2025\/12\/01\/herringbone\/\">https:\/\/food.johnmatienzo.com\/2025\/12\/01\/herringbone\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">And that meal ended the night for us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">For the actual last day in Oahu (ie 3 hours before heading to the airport), checked out Waikiki beach and went into the water for 30 minutes. Then had our last (quick) meal at this poke bowl place:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/food.johnmatienzo.com\/2025\/12\/01\/paradise-poke-hawaii\/\">https:\/\/food.johnmatienzo.com\/2025\/12\/01\/paradise-poke-hawaii\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">So this trip was awesome. There was a few things I didn\u2019t get to do that I plan to prioritize for next time. This includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list ul1\">\n<li>District \/ Republic Club<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lanakai Beach (east part of the island)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ko Olina (for catermeran and snorkeling)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"2000\" data-id=\"3461\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.johnmatienzo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_5895.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3461\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"2000\" data-id=\"3462\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.johnmatienzo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_5896.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3462\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" data-id=\"3465\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.johnmatienzo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_5897.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3465\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"2000\" data-id=\"3463\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.johnmatienzo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_5900.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3463\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"2000\" data-id=\"3464\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.johnmatienzo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_5901.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3464\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"2000\" data-id=\"3466\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.johnmatienzo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_5904.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3466\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"2000\" data-id=\"3467\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.johnmatienzo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_5911.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3467\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" data-id=\"3474\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.johnmatienzo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_5919.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3474\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" data-id=\"3468\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.johnmatienzo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_5928.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3468\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1147\" data-id=\"3475\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.johnmatienzo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_5999-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3475\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"2000\" data-id=\"3469\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.johnmatienzo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_5937.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3469\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"2000\" data-id=\"3472\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.johnmatienzo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_5952-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3472\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1050\" data-id=\"3470\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.johnmatienzo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_5962.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3470\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" data-id=\"3473\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.johnmatienzo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_5963.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3473\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"2000\" data-id=\"3471\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.johnmatienzo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_5966-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3471\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last full day in Oahu! We started the day by picking up our rental car from Enterprise (they are located at the hotel so pick up \/ drop off is easy, and don\u2019t have to pay for parking), and then &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/travel.johnmatienzo.com\/?p=3476\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3460,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1458],"tags":[1498,1505,1507,1513,1496,1459,1510,1461,1478,1512,1511,356,1508,1506,1509,1463,1484],"class_list":["post-3476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hawaii-2025","tag-ala-moana-center","tag-dole-plantation","tag-dole-whip","tag-enterprise","tag-grand-seiko","tag-hawaii-2025","tag-herringbone","tag-hnl","tag-honolulu","tag-international-marketplace","tag-oahu","tag-poke-bowl","tag-sharks-cove","tag-surfing","tag-the-banzai-pipeline","tag-waikiki","tag-waikiki-beach"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/travel.johnmatienzo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/travel.johnmatienzo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/travel.johnmatienzo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travel.johnmatienzo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travel.johnmatienzo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3476"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/travel.johnmatienzo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3477,"href":"https:\/\/travel.johnmatienzo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3476\/revisions\/3477"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travel.johnmatienzo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/travel.johnmatienzo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travel.johnmatienzo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travel.johnmatienzo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}