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Wow, what a busy 10 days!

Pam and I just finished changing out all the linens and towels with new ones, had the whole place painted, replaced the coffee maker, got a new blender, tea pot and vacuum cleaner, we had new drapes installed and replaced the old (ancient!), loud air conditioner with a wall mounted, quiet, efficient split unit air conditioner. We put a deck box on the lanai and put in the boogie board, grass mats and four new beach chairs. Feel free to use them but please leave the sand on the beach!

Visit us at Aloha Condos and Ilikai Hotel condo 1938.

1. Visit the Oceanarium Restaurant at Pacific Beach Hotel, where an incredible three-story, 280,000-gallon saltwater fish tank holds hundreds of Hawaii’s tropical fish.
2. Watch the Friday night sail boat races from Magic Island at Ala Moana Beach Park or from the peaceful, 2nd floor courtyard of the Ilikai, overlooking the Ala Wai Yacht Harbor.
3. Stroll through the Hilton Hawaiian Village and see fish ponds, ducks, swans, parrots, and the hotel’s very own penguins and flamingos.  The Ilikai Hotel and Apartments are right nex tdoor.
4. Enjoy the torch lighting ceremony and hula show at Kuhio Beach Park in Waikiki. This is a delightful show filled with traditional Hawaiian music and dancing. This show is on the beach. Shows Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday nights around sunset (around 6:00pm or 6:30pm) depending on the time of year.
5. Learn how to strum an ukulele or dance the hula at the Royal Hawaiian Village.
6. Visit the U.S. Army Museum at Fort DeRussy. Traces the history of ancient Hawaiian warriors to current times.
7. Enjoy the changing of the Guard at King’s Village.
8. Visit the Arizona Memorial.  Take the bus.  View the film and take the water taxi to the memorial.
9. Visit the Surf Museum.  The Honolulu Surfing Museum, located at Jimmy Buffett’s Restaurant and Bar at the OHANA Waikiki Beachcomber. The museum’s collection of unique artifacts, displays and experiences celebrate the Hawaiian heritage.
10. Watch the  sunset  torch lighting and conch blowing ceremony that has been a nightly tradition for over 40 years at the Ilikai.
11. Every friday at sunset listen to the live Hawaiian music and dancers in the Ilikai Courtyard.
12. View the friday night fireworks from the Ilikai’s second floor Courtyard.
13. Snorkel at the shallow ”Hilton Reef” and enjoy the tropical fish.
14. Boogie board at the “wall” (just south of Kuhio Beach).
15. Relax and people watch from the Moana Surfrider Resort’s porch rocking chairs.

And the best bargain in accomodations is my fully furnished one bedroom condo in the Ilikai Hotel.  My condo overlooks the Hilton Hawaiian Village, Duke Kahanamoku Lagoon and the Pacific Ocean.  Check out the latest specials, condo interior and Building amenaties at this Ilikai Unit 1530 link.  Mahalo.

The world famous Ilikai Hotel and Apartments is on Oahu and at the beginning of the  famous Waikiki Beach.

Check out our Condo.  Click on this link (Unit 1530).  Our web site should answer most of your questions.

The Ilikai Hotel is a beachfront resort at the start of Waikiki Beach adjacent to the Hilton Hawaiian Village. You can walk to dozens of restaurants and shops along Waikiki while enjoying two beaches (Waikiki and Ala Moana Beach Park).

Why pay more and have to deal with the noise and congestion of “downtown” Waikiki if you are looking for:

1.  Tropical, one bedroom (queen bed and queen sofa sleeper) fully furnished with a full kitchen.

2.  Large lanai  with views of the sunrises, Duke Kahanamoku Lagoon and the Hilton Reef, and Kaiser and Rock pile surf spots.

3.  Pool

4.  Evening torch and conch blowing ceremony

5.  Cheap parking in the adjacent Ala Wai Yacht Harbor

6.  Bus stop in front of the Hotel

7.  Uncrowded

8.  Tropical Lobby with a Wyland, bronze, Humpback Whale Sculpture

9.  No streets to cross to access the beach

10.  Three swimming choices: Pool, Duke Kahanamoku Lagoon, Pacific Ocean

11.  Walk to 3 surfing spots: Kaiser’s, Rock Pile, Bowls

12.  Restaurants across the street: Red Lobster, Outback Steak House, Harbor Pub, Chart House, McDonald’s,  Singha (Thai), Bombay Indian Restaurant, Wailana Coffee House and Sorento’s (on the top floor of the Hotel).

13.  Quiet walks around the lagoon, by the Ala Wai Yacht Harbor and see boats from around the world, and along the board walk towards downtown Waikiki.

Please check out our condo and web site at (Ilikai Unit 1530)

Welcome spring and enjoy walks by the beach in this 1-Bedroom Waikiki
Oceanview Condo unit 1512 at $100/night!

It’s not too late to chase those winter blues away at 25% off our standard
rates….The following dates are still available: Mar 18-22.

Location, location, location….with spectacular views at great value!! Go
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Even Barrack Obama and family got a shave ice on their last visit to Barrack’s home state of Hawaii. While staying at the Ilikai Hotel, in Honolulu, Waikiki beach, my 6 year old daughter and I went on quests for the best shave ice…after discovering the treat while staying at the Moana Kai Beach House in Kapaa, Kaui.  We have stayed with Aloha Condos on almost every island, and so have become “experts” on the various types of this island confection known as shave ice.  One shave ice ranges from between 3 and 5 dollars, depending on where you get it, how many flavors you get, or if you add ice cream. Some come in styrofoam cups or bowls, or our favorite – the special brightly colored plastic cone-like container just for shave ice (you get a spoon and a straw with it). It just seems to hold the most, be the easiest to eat from, and afterwards you have a great “toy” for playing in the sand and making sand castles.  The ice from shave ice to shave ice, itself, varies from course ground ice similar to a snow-cone, where the ice is tasteless and the syrup stays at the bottom; to the powdery snow-like ice that melts immediately after dousing it with syrup; to the “just right ice” that is shaved to perfection:  hearty enough not to melt immediately and give a great crunch, yet light enough to swim in the syrup, so that you get the great syrupy ice mixture in every bite.  All this said….the best shave ice in Honolulu is pretty much right on the beach…technically on the army base (as is some of the cheapest quick “fast  food”).  Civilians can buy things and eat on base.  This shave ice is at a cart that also sells beverages and some snacks, is only open until 3pm, and charges $3.00 for a single flavor shave ice.  When walking along the boardwalk toward Diamond Head (the ocean will be on your right), you will pass the Hilton, a green grassy park (with public picnic tables and barbecues), and then come upon a “bar” with a plethora of white umbrellas.  Climb the steps, wind past the bar, the white umbrella tables, past the snack hut, (still facing diamond head) then turn left and there it will be – to the right, just up the path, the Shave Ice Cart.  Enjoy!