Honolulu in July 2011: Day 5

July 6, 2011
I borrowed a Compact car at Alamo for $82.30, including insurances, taxes, one infant seat, GPS navigation system; I've already booked the car online.

Waikiki Hotel Pier Shuttle
1778 Ala Moana Blvd
Honolulu, HI 96815
Toll-Free Phone:(888) 826-6893
Hours: Sun-Sat: 7:00 am - 7:00 pm

Then we went to Waikele Premium Outlets mainly to buy clothes for our daughter and newly-born my wife's younger brother's second daughter. We arrive at the Outlets just before open at 9AM. Whenever you go to the Waikele Premium Outlets, you should stop by Information in the center courtyard and show your JCB or VISA card to have coupons for discounts.

Waikele Premium Outlets
94-790 Lumiaina Street
Waipahu, HI 96797
(808) 676-5656
Waikele Premium Outlets is located just 15 miles west of Honolulu directly off H-1 Freeway, exit 7.

We enjoyed shopping there until around 2PM; actually, our daughter kept walking in the shops and it took a longer time to finish it.

After that, we went to Kahala mall to buy some foods and drinks at Whole Foods Market. Kahala mall is not that big; it might be mainly for locals, rather than tourists.

Since we had time, we also drove to Kailua Beach.
Kailua Beach Park
450 Kawailoa Road, East O'ahu

Kailua Beach was beautiful; its sand was fine and some people were in the sea.
Prior to going back to Alamo, I drove the car to Lanikai Beach just next to Kailua Beach; there were a lot of mansions along the way but no parking lot as described in some books.

I drove back to Alamo and filled the gas just before returning it to the shop; filling took time since I had no clue how to operate it. (I needed to push up the lever or something before starting; I never saw this process before not only in Japan but also in Hawaii. I just asked a shopkeeper for the process.)

It was a good drive in Oahu.