Pearl Harbor

My last Hawaii post, covering our last day in Hawaii. After we left our cottage and headed to Honolulu, we visited the sites on Pearl Harbor. The Missouri is a big battleship. It's cool, and you can wander around a lot more of it than I expected.



The highlight of Pearl Harbor, though, is the Arizona Memorial. As a young country, we probably don't have too many "special" sites (at least outside of the east coast), but this memorial is practically sacred ground.



The movie you watch before taking the boat to the memorial was excellent. A well done piece that set the perfect tone of reverence. So much so, in fact, that even eight year old kids showed solemn respect.



One interesting note, based solely upon my personal observation and no statistical analysis at all, is that the percentage of tourists at the USS Arizona Memorial who were Japanese was significantly less than every other place on the island.

At least there were a few who were sticking up for the motherland.



Hawaii, done.