Ok we're on our way to Suva

ON TO HONOLULU
We got up before 6 and managed to get all of our “stuff” into the assigned bags. Mike and Trudy picked us up and we went to Weiler’s for brunch. Mike treated us. How’s that for a deal: brunch and a free ride to the fly away, where we did manage to get the bus that was ready to go despite the porter’s protestations (he was being held hostage by a spiked heeled woman who wouldn’t give him his tip until she was damned well ready) that we would have to wait until the next bus 30 min. later.
So we arrived at LAX and got through security and such in fine time. So fine in fact, that we had at least an hour and a half to people watch.
The flight was packed and I mean not an inch left anywhere. It was longer than I recalled at well over 5 hours. I had a very interesting book which I call “An Homage to the Physical Exam” and it was such that I could read it fairly comfortably, a minor miracle in itself these days. The actual title of the book is something like “What patients say to us” and is by an internist who is quick to exposure mistakes, something we all find refreshing. But over and over again she tells stories where , had the clinician simply done the thorough physical exam, a disease would have been uncovered early on. I was frankly shocked to hear her tell about the practice part of the learning of the physical exam; she is a Yale graduate and teaches there. We do sooooo much a better job in nursing! (small yeah here)
Honolulu airport
We unkinked ourselves from our seats and the first thing you are aware of when you enter the building is the smell of those lovely leis! It was around 7pm. We got a comfortable cab to the Ala Moana Hotel which was a real surprise since we got such a great price. The room was modern, clean and with a great view of the mountains. The weather was misty/rainy and that continued through Thursday—more later. The bed was unbelievably comfortable. And we had free high speed internet access which worked great except for bringing down my email which I decided to leave alone.