Hawaii 2008

In today's modern traveling world, the goal is to accomplish a plethora of activities in a minmal amount of time. This is made possible by transportation. However, the average Joe doesn't have the means to own several vehicles across the nation and throughout the world. Thus the idea of rental cars came about. Companies such as Enterprise, Thrify, Dollar, and Hertz all latched onto this idea and today are accomidating millions of people globally. The average rate ranges from thirty to eighty dollars for a single day. With the economy at its worst, thankfully there is an alternative: Rental Car Momma. This website lets you view multiple companies all through this one cite, and allows you to recieve the lowest rate at the liesure of your computer on your time, not office time. Rental Car Momma is where i went when i had the pleasure of being invited to join my friend Lauren in a venture to Hawaii for a long weekend escape. The trip, beginning October 23 and ending October 27, would require four full days of renting a vehicle making me expenses come out to only 180 dollars for a white, four door, soft-top Jeep Wrangler. Due to the island breezes and warm tropical climate, a Jeep seemed ideal to go site seeing, which we did all but one day. In fact, it's what a majority of the locals owned as well. We always rode with the top down, making it easy to take photographs of Pearl Harbour, the famous Bonzai Pipeline, Waikiki Beach, and all of Honolulu. One thing i took note of were the lisence plates. There was a simple pale rainbow and read Hawaii in black. Lauren and I found this quite entertaining. We even opted to take a picture by it, posing with "thumbs up" signs and cheesy smiles. Although it may seem ironic to have a rainbow represent a state that is known for it's sunny days, it became apparant that it indeed had a just reason. Every day we were there it shortly sprinkled either early in the morning or during mid afternoon. Even at these times there was no need to pull over and assemble the top becasue the rain was so light and soft it felt refreshing agaisnt our glistening faces. The city was like nothing I have ever set my eyes on before, which is meaningful because I have been to Saudi Arabia, Rome, Italy, the Cayman Islands, and Pairs. It's easiestly described as a cross between New York City and a Paradise. The beaches are all different. Some of the water is transparent and calm, others are dark and full of surfing waves. The sand can be tan and granulated or orange like and piecey. There are steep clifs and rocks that dare devils climb so they can jump off into back tucks or prestigous dives leading straight into the Pacific Ocean. The City of Honolulu is a complete antonym. The streets are packed with brand name stores such as Coach, Gucci, Burberry, Louis Vutton, and Rolex. Tourists and locals alike add to the huslte and buslte of these streets, occasionally stopping to dine at resturaunts such as Senor Frogs, The Black Orchid and Dave's. The population is made up of mostly asian immigrants, but also consists of Hawaiian natives and Americans. You have to opportunity to shop at first class or tourist shops, lay on the beach, snorkle on the beaches, take a hike through their rainforest, or surf like the pros. My hotel, the Honolulu Hilton, offered Hula and surfing lessons. I was able to enjoy all of the luxaries because not only did I save money on my car rental, but I could use it at my disposal.