The end

The end of the hawaii adventure came with a wee dose of excitement.
The day started well with lots of people heading to the beach for a swim or stand up paddle board.
We had a late check out so we were able to spend a few hours making the best of our last hours in Waikiki.

We boarded the bus and headed out to the airport where we checked in and then joined the huge lines of pre screening by the TSA with only one person checking a line that was around 150m long which led to a big delay.

Everyone got through ok and we headed off to get a snack.
Unfortunately we didn’t notice that the information screen had changed from having no info to saying now boarding !
We gathered up the students and set off to the gate (the furthest away of course)
It came down to a mad run and the aircraft door being closed behind me as the last one on ! ( I was always the last one on to everything to make sure that the students all got on) so that was a little closer than we planned – but we made it!

I had some dramas dealing with the Hawaiian ground crew as I was trying to get confirmation that all the students would have access to the movies and TV at their seat. This escalated to a long and confusing conversation with their customer services call center.
It ended up with a call to NZ and a resolution to our problem and the students all had the entertainment that they should have !

The students presented us with some great gifts to show their appreciation and we were all very touched by their thanks !
Mahalo nui Ioa to everyone !