Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Feb 2024: Day 2 – Afternoon in Honolulu
![The view from my room at the Hilton Garden Inn Waikiki Beach](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53535634876_af1d733c5a_k.jpg)
![The view from my room at the Hilton Garden Inn Waikiki Beach](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53535634876_af1d733c5a_k.jpg)
Within 30 mins of walking off the AA aircraft, I was checking in at the Hilton Garden Inn, Waikiki Beach. That’s pretty impressive.
![My room at the Hilton Garden Inn Waikiki Beach](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53535954024_7d36e8a3f4_k.jpg)
![My room at the Hilton Garden Inn Waikiki Beach](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53535954024_7d36e8a3f4_k.jpg)
The hotel is one of my usual ports of call when over here, primarily due to competitive pricing/low points for redemptions.
They have messed me about in the past, but it’s a relatively nice hotel, close to The Cheesecake Factory (TCF), and let’s face it, that’s one of the reasons I come to Honolulu!
I was given an upgrade. I booked a standard redemption, which was likely to be in the basement!
I was given accessible room 1430 at the front with a partial sea view. I wasn’t sure what I was going to get with it being an accessible room, but it was fine.
![My early dinner at The Cheesecake Factory in Waikiki](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53536096559_54b6a1b2ea_k.jpg)
![My early dinner at The Cheesecake Factory in Waikiki](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53536096559_54b6a1b2ea_k.jpg)
It had a false balcony: one you can open the door and there’s about a foot of balcony, so you get a sense of having a balcony, without actually getting much of the benefit.
After a 7 hour flight from Los Angeles, I was feeling hungry and irrespective of what I thought I wanted to do, I knew I’d end up going to the TCF. So I decided I may as well head out there straight away – it was not far off 4pm.
It was a lovely temperature in Waikiki – warm but not too hot. The sun wasn’t overbearing, so I enjoyed the short walk to TCF.
There were a few tables outside that were available and there was no queue, so I got a prime table without too many challenges.
![Enjoying my lemon raspberry cheesecake](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53536304888_b2d21f6e01_k.jpg)
![Enjoying my lemon raspberry cheesecake](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53536304888_b2d21f6e01_k.jpg)
I ordered a Sam Adams to start with, then went for a Sante Fe lunchtime salad and had some fries to go alongside. Throughly enjoyable.
Before paying, I ordered a lemon raspberry cheesecake to go, so that I could eat it later on.
Back to the hotel and I set my alarm for 8pm and had a snooze.
Wow – was I startled when it work me up!
Whilst waiting for the Vickster to wake back in the UK, I consumed the cheesecake that was waiting for me in the room fridge.
I caught up with the Vickster. She was in the middle of sorting out the cats. She had a busy day ahead – she was heading down to Devizes for her Queen choir practice.
![Looking back at the Hilton Hawaiian Village in Waikiki](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53536119316_9f4b9a2f8b_k.jpg)
![Looking back at the Hilton Hawaiian Village in Waikiki](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53536119316_9f4b9a2f8b_k.jpg)
I convinced myself that I should go for a walk. I wanted to, but I wasn’t sure my body was that interested, but it toed the line and I managed to wander around the majority of my normal haunts.
I reached the far end of the Rainbow Tower and then walked back up Ala Moana Boulevard and along Kalakaua Ave.
It was still warm out and I needed to cool down back in my room.
Need to plan out what I want to do tomorrow, but I guess I’ll have plenty of time to do that first thing in the morning.
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