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last time on delightful travellers we said goodbye to the beautiful country of
Japan we so enjoyed our time there and we already can't wait to go back in
this video we arrive in Hawaii for the very first time we're on the island of Oahu
and we're so excited to see what this place is about I'm Anna and this is Trevor in
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these videos possible welcome to Hawaii do you guys know how long we have waited to come
to Hawaii I wanted to come here ever since I was a kid me too I think it's pretty common as
a Canadian kid growing up to dream of Hawaii we are on the island of Oahu and in the city
of Honolulu this neighborhood that we are in right now is called Waikiki you've probably
heard of it before we are on Waikiki Beach isn't that completely stunning actually just
in Japan and it's really nice to be back in hot weather so this is one of the most famous
beaches in the entire world especially in the USA and I'm a little bit shocked we both are
at how very little people are here I thought this beach would be packed to be honest so in the
last little while we spent time in Europe in the summertime where the beaches are unbelievably
packed and then we were in Asia we found lots of empty and busy beaches there and from the just
looking you might think like oh that looks really busy but when you look closely there's lots and
lots of space and this is probably one of the busier times of year here we've been trying to
figure out what this place reminds us of we've only been here for less than 24 hours but it does
remind us of two different places kind of meshed together one being new San Juan in Puerto Rico the
buildings in the architecture sure kind of look like that place a little bit and also Miami and
South Beach but except there take away all of the craziness that happens on Ocean Drive and you get
a more laid back chill Island lifestyle here we're really digging this yeah in a way that's really
hard to explain this place just has really good vibe like Trevor said it's really laid back and it
just feels good I think it's one of those things you have to become an experience for yourself to
totally know what I mean but I want to point out one thing I'm really liking this beach I haven't
actually had any time to actually spend here but on this side it's like maybe you can go have fun
like the kids can Splash around in the waves but then if you want more lagoon style so over here
they have it like sort of sectioned off the sea wall it's all I come over here this is probably
where we would be if we if we had some time to spend it especially where I would be I think you
guys can tell we are absolutely stoked to be here in Hawaii if you're excited and if you're
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out there but I'm gonna get off the beach now see what else it's kind of down this way so for
those of you that follow us week to week you're probably now wondering like what are your plans
you're in the United States even though we're in Hawaii right now not even close to Mainland USA we
do have plans to go there yeah but this is a great stopover if you are coming between Asia so we just
spent like five months in Asia we were just into just stop over here on our way to Mainland
USA hopefully catch up on the Jetlag that's that's why we did it right we're hoping that
it will help with the jet lag but we'll see but yeah we're gonna spend a few days here not
nearly enough time but it is quite expensive and traveling full-time you can't spend a long time
in really expensive places no here for a few days then we're flying tickets and we could say sort
of like the southwestern U.S so meeting up with some friends we have some big plans there we're
meeting up some with some friends that you guys may have seen in a video before and we're going
to be doing some things that we've never done in our lives so get ready for those videos coming
up so much fun I cannot wait but right now we'll just keep experiencing Honolulu something that
we notice like literally when we got off the plane was just how distinctly unique this place
is especially compared to the rest of the US not the US isn't overly unique or anything like that
but for something that feels really different really culturally different here I mean they do
have this like Polynesian background a lot of Polynesian culture and you feel it right away
it's really really interesting all that does have this wondering and we have a question for all
of you Americans watching do you think of Hawaii as your American tropical island I'm sure you do
or do some of you think of it as another country entirely I realize it's not another country but
because it has its own culture its own language is very unique we're just curious what the Americans
think I mean Canadians just think of it as America but being here this feels different than Mainland
USA well take a look at this incredible tree that we've just come across huh beautiful is that a
banyan tree it's a banyan tree yeah all brand new trees look like this sometimes they grow certain
um maybe certain places it gets um even um bigger and thicker cooler bigger and thicker are you from
here yeah thank you very much I know how bad it is oh look this one is still young yet this one might
still be young yeah yeah thank you for letting us know we keep saying this but Hawaiians are like
some of the nicest people we've ever met some of the the things we wanted to talk about today was
actually talk about how nice Hawaiians and people from like Americans in general sometimes get a bad
rep around the world you get here and everybody is so nice going to a store and people are asking
you where you're from if you're having a great time what you're doing today like everybody's so
nice and talkative and they just stop and answer questions that you randomly add to the camera
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or click the link in the description below alright now back to Hawaii so as we make our way
along this like beach walkway we're also walking on one of the main roads here in Waikiki key and
if you didn't know it's basically like the main tourist area here in Honolulu there is lots of
hotels lots of restaurants loads and loads and loads of shopping it's coffee shops as well
so we have come over to a coffee shop called Honolulu coffee and we hear a coffee in Hawaii
is incredible it's actually considered some of the best in the world we have an Americano today
it's an iced Americano and notice it's black we don't want to poison this let's say with milk
or cream or sugar today we really want to just try it as it is with a little bit of ice to make
it nice and cold all right let's actually try it oh that's really really good really smooth it's
not too bitter or too sweet it's kind of like a perfectly balanced coffee sometimes I find like
high quality coffees are often a little bit too bitter but this one definitely is not so it's
called Kona coffee that's where it's grown in Hawaii Kona apparently it's very very well known
it's considered one of the top coffees in the world so if you're a coffee fan Hawaii is a place
you should definitely come to and you're going to find places all over at least here in Waikiki
I'm sure all over probably all the islands in Hawaii you're gonna find various coffee shops
that have locally grown coffee we have now come over to Diamond Head State Monument Park and
believe it or not right now we are standing inside a volcano crater so this is one of the
top things to do here in Oahu apparently we're gonna hike up for a while I think it maybe
takes about 45 minutes we will see and then we're gonna have some really fabulous views hope
you guys feel like going hiking so just a couple of logistical things one is that you can't just
show up here and expect to go for a hike you have to go online first to the state Park's website
book your day and your time and then you come basically within like an hour increments I think
we're actually going there's no way you'll see this with this camera but maybe I can zoom in a
little bit there are some stairs like way way up there we're already getting some amazing views
here and right now the pavement that we were on are the concrete is turned into like rocks yeah
interesting this is almost like it was once page and then it kind of like turned on wavy yeah I
think by the top we read on the sign back there that I think all like the concrete and locks go
away maybe it'll be slightly more difficult but probably about 30 percent of the way a little out
of breath so far I'm not gonna lie we're starting to get some amazing views and I'm sure it's
only going to get better as we keep going up and up but you might be wondering why is this
place called Diamond Head because I certainly wondered that myself it seems like an odd name for
like a crater or a mountain basically uh British soldiers arrived here in the 19th century and they
looked they were in this area and looked down at the beach which was covered in crystals and they
thought it was diamonds so this area was part of a series of volcanoes that erupted under the ocean
2.6 million years ago and the crater here happened because 300 000 years ago it erupted and made
this glorious hole in the earth and now it is quite spectacle to be up here I also have to say
the further we get the easier I'm finding it I'm still huffing and puffing but now I just know the
ends inside we got to get to the top so I did a lot of reading on this like volcanic volcanic area
and there's a lot of facts so I could have them slightly messed up but hopefully not one was that
this crater was actually formed on one erupted but something I read about it was that it's a type of
volcano that will probably only erupt once in its lifetime so it already did that I think should
be pretty safe yeah just in case our mothers are watching me like oh my goodness why are you
walking up a volcano well we found another look off point this one looks more official yeah we're
this I think we're almost to the top it must be up there somewhere but still another good view yeah
yeah you're pretty excited or what look at this view it's insane we started back this way as well
so you can kind of see where we're at so far what do you think 30 minutes in it feels something like
that yeah that was my guess we're just walking up some stairs even more out of breath didn't expect
these did we not expect that hopefully this is the end of it and there's a big tunnel here looks
like we're going into complete darkness well you get this is unexpected now that we're in
this little uh Cavern I'm not even trying to whisper instead of breath there's no wind
so yeah I'm gonna start sweating but there's also no light but I swear we're in here
just a word of warning because I didn't read anything about this before we came do
you have claustrophobia maybe don't do this we can certainly say being up here is definitely
worth the 45 minute climb honestly it was pretty easy towards the end the stairs did drain us out
a little bit but these panoramic views you get here of this city and just like all the rolling
mountains in the background you can see all these people's homes it's pretty freaking epic I didn't
think it would be this nice up here honestly so if you guys were thinking about coming here do
it don't know how well you're gonna be able to see using this lens but we actually started the
video right down there and then made our way up here and we had I love this view like you can
see the whole city I know I didn't even really mention the color of the water down here it's just
wild to me that people have homes like right on the edge of this which one's ours I don't know a
future one somewhere is down there or maybe one of those condos on the beach sure I can live with
that being up here really makes you appreciate the true beauty of Hawaii this crater is massive
and from the air it is straight up astounding this is one of those views that we admired as
kids and we always look forward to coming to Hawaii one day to see this well we've had a few
minutes to enjoy the view cool off a little bit now we have to get back down and whenever we
do stuff like this I always think like going down is going to be easier and it always ends up
being harder and it always kills my legs but what do you do there's no other way to get down and I
think I see maybe an ice cold beer in my future we've come over to a brewery called Waikiki
brewing and we heard a lot about this place I think it's safe to say we have earned our
drink today after doing that climb this is a blonde ale and uh luckily for us there is
happy hour all day it's like five dollars and fifty cents a beer or something like
that that's incredible let's try it out oh yeah it's not our first craft beer we had here
we had one yesterday but so far we're learning quickly Hawaii knows how to do craft beer if
you guys don't know we drink craft beer all the time but the neighborhood we're in here is
called kakaako kakaaka it's kind of a fun name to say I think it's kakaako but it's kind of this
like Industrial Park area that's transforming you can see like little pieces of graffiti around so
it'll be fun to maybe see more of that as we go on throughout the day so I just noticed the menu says
historic Brewing District this area actually came highly recommended from some locals I don't think
we ever would have known about this by ourselves but it's nice to ask people live here and get
recommendations and a lot of people said like this area is really well known for its craft beer
apparently there's a whole bunch of breweries and tap rooms within like a few blocks of each other
lots of Street artists Trevor already said I think it's a very local area and not many tourists know
about it which is always fun as well and we love finding craft beer can I just say how nice it is
to be back in the U.S and yes we've had lots of craft beer in the past few months when we were in
Asia but the US definitely knows how to do a good craft beer speaking of the U.S and craft beer we
were just chatting and the last time we were in this country was over three years ago like well
over three years ago as a Canadian that's that's pretty crazy so it's been a long time we even
looked up like our last video that we filmed uh in the United States and it was like back
in Miami like something like five years ago so that's absolutely crazy for us so I hope you guys
are excited that we are back we're super stoked and we're not just going to be in Hawaii we've
got some other areas that we're going to go to I think our biggest audience is also people like U.S
citizens or U.S people that watch us so hopefully all you Americans are very excited that we're here
and we'd love to get your recommendations like where should we go in the United States it's so
big yeah please do let us know because basically as we already said we are heading to sort of
the southwest of the U.S that's kind of already planned out a little bit set in stone already
however after that we go home for maybe a month visit some family I don't even know if we're gonna
film because we have so much of a backlog right now from being in Japan being in Korea and then
all the stuff that we're about to do we're gonna have a lot of videos however after that thinking
about coming back to the US maybe again and really like the opportunity is totally open maybe go to
a city that we don't really know what much about we could rent an apartment for like a month or so
we're really trying to get into this like living in a place for a while so I'd love to find some
random American city that maybe isn't even on our radar that you guys recommend to us it is now the
next day and we're back at our apartment that we rented so we know you guys like when we show you
our accommodation so we thought we would do that today and it's just back here getting some water
and uh we're going to give you an official tour because this is a really nice place we're staying
in except well everything's a little bit expensive here so actually this is not the apartment we
originally rented we had originally booked a small little studio apartment it was teeny tiny
when we checked in they told us that the pool was under renovation which was kind of a bummer
because we kind of rented it you know just to have access to a pool although we don't have that
much time to use it and then everything was good it was the weekend and then on Monday morning
they started Drilling and Jack hammering like early in the morning it was so loud we couldn't
even think we couldn't work we had a bunch of work to get done so I sent a message to our host and he
was super fast and actually moved us immediately over to this apartment yeah it worked out really
well so this place is Big Anna's obviously in the kitchen but we have a desk here big fridge here's
the entryway it's a huge kitchen here I love all the windows in here of course we have living room
area over here a couple of different couches and there is a TV of course yeah we'll show you the
patio in just a minute but if we turn this way here is uh the bedroom which is kind of it's kind
of a one bedroom these pull out to make like a it does actually close off so it is technically a
one bedroom even though it feels like a really big Studio when you first walk in but there are
doors so you have this huge room over here I feel like they they bought it out really well
there's a desk over there although we're using the table for as that right now bed very comfy
bed and then over there they actually have a um set like a bunch of drawers but it's a perfect
I don't know if they did this on purpose but it's perfect to put your suitcases on top and I feel
like no one ever thinks of that yeah they did a good job with the mirrors here too it just
reflects all the light then we have a bathroom this way which certainly certainly does the trick
yeah nice and facials in here I'll take you guys outside to our patio so it's a great little
uh Great Space you can see we have a table two chairs there is an air conditioning unit out here
as well that's pretty pretty common you need air conditioning but yeah we have a pretty nice view
we're 20 floors up so it's pretty windy I don't know if you can hear it now but we have a great
view of the the city itself here in Honolulu and we actually have a view of where we were earlier
so that's the big kind of volcanic uh let's call it a hill or a mountain back there and we even
have a little bit of a glimpse of the ocean which is kind of neat so we're really digging the space
here there actually is a really nice pool here I don't think we'll have time to take advantage of
it maybe I'll try to get out there for a couple hours today but I highly doubt it's gonna happen
there's so much work to get done you guys are probably already wondering about price because I
know here in Oahu in Hawaii in general things are really generally really expensive so we were here
over a long weekend so I think it was a bit more expensive and we booked the studio for I think
it was about 150 a night so definitely not cheap it's one of the most expensive places we've stayed
in the world that's US Dollars yeah USD and this place I think starts so we didn't actually have
to pay a different price for this but I think this one starts around 150 a night so it probably gets
more expensive in like super high season and also long weekends and stuff like that that's of course
not the only thing that's expensive around here I mean in general Hawaii Hawaii can be pricey when
it comes to food entertainment I mean all of the United States is really but I think here might be
a little more you guys can let us know but Russell and Waikiki which ensure is more expensive than
some other areas in Honolulu as well yeah we have managed to find some you know happy hour places
if we're looking for craft beer or something like that we're looking for the deals but in general
just remember we came from uh southeast Asia we did spend some time in Japan as well which is also
pricey but for the last five months we've been in Southeast Asia yeah we've gotten pretty used to
those prices I know it's like we used to be able to go and eat a full meal like I each have a glass
of wine and have like an appetizer and like two Mains for like thirty dollars yeah that's here 140
150 bucks so you guys might hear me joke sometimes but honestly like one week here in Hawaii is like
about the price of being in Thailand for a month and a half and we're not rich I know people some
before we keep saying that to people when many people will be like I assume that you just have a
lot of money because you can travel full-time and it's not the case at all so stuff like this
like hurts oh it hurts we're YouTubers it's not there's not a lot of Rich YouTubers yeah
definitely and not uh so we just try to make our money work but the thing is we love the United
States and we love coming here we wanted to come to Hawaii so it has to be done which is still
you know getting over the sticker shock let's call it that one thing though the food here is so
delicious we went out right away when we got here back to the United States and we couldn't wait to
eat some American food and oh it did it just did not disappoint him yeah because Asian food is
delicious but in general they don't do Western food that well and you can find places but most
of the time it's only mediocre as far as Western food goes so yeah it's great to be back in the U.S
in North America and be having some like delicious burgers brunch brunch Bloody Mary's once we get to
Canada we'll get some bloody Caesars better sorry guys but we're just stoked to be back I think you
guys can tell another thing I wanted to mention uh just here like walking around the streets
of Honolulu at night it's just so lit up all the buildings are colorful and it just makes you
want to be outside it's really this is definitely a place that you want to be out after dark because
it really lights up it's beautiful right we're so stoked that we came here we are going to have one
more video coming up and uh just in case you're new around here it's Trevor and Anna delightful
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