Except travelling to far eastern countries like Japan, Korea and China travelling from Hawaii to Europe and back is not a joke. You may have to make a one day stop in US mainland both ways if you do not want to be too tired to do anything at the destination.
Add to this the waiting times in the various in-between airports.
Speaking of airports, you will have to contend with transfers between domestic and international carriers; security checks at every point of boundary crossings; shuttle trains or buses to collect your baggage; shuttle buses or taxis from airport to hotel and back; innumerable walkways, elevators, and escalators. Of course, you have your schedules that some brilliant person has come up with which assumes that you are floating to get to the next point.
Despite this we decided to take the trip to Naples, Italy from Honolulu and back. It was a whirl-wind 18 days long great trip with like-minded people. It was indeed memorable touring so many historic Italian towns; enjoying the beautiful Italian countryside; eating pastas and pizzas and drinking Tuscan wines.
Add to this the waiting times in the various in-between airports.
Speaking of airports, you will have to contend with transfers between domestic and international carriers; security checks at every point of boundary crossings; shuttle trains or buses to collect your baggage; shuttle buses or taxis from airport to hotel and back; innumerable walkways, elevators, and escalators. Of course, you have your schedules that some brilliant person has come up with which assumes that you are floating to get to the next point.
Despite this we decided to take the trip to Naples, Italy from Honolulu and back. It was a whirl-wind 18 days long great trip with like-minded people. It was indeed memorable touring so many historic Italian towns; enjoying the beautiful Italian countryside; eating pastas and pizzas and drinking Tuscan wines.
