Aloha! First day in HI

Aloha! The alarm rang at 2.30 this morning. After the 2h sleep we got we were more than ready to hit the road to the airport. Me, Sofia (sweden), Emila(Finland) and Benna (Denmark) flew together. Our first flight was from Phoenix to LA @6.15 in the morning. And then we flew from LA to Honolulu - Hawaii! Thanks to Starbucks we had some energy left when we landed in the middle of the pacific ocean! Sooo cool, still haven't get used to how pretty it is here. The colors are so bright and temperature is perfect, not to hot and not to cold with a warm breeze from the ocean (25C but The city Honolulu is right at the beach and behinde the city you can see the green rainforest hills.

Since we got here at 1pm we had plenty of time to walk around, shop, have a late lunch (shared some great mexican tapas at a bar), feel the water, talk to a surf teacher, take plenty of pictures, see some hawaiian women dancing and buy a beachtowel.
People kept arriving during the afternoon. The hotel we are staying in is really nice. There is a big outdoor lobby to hang out in, a swimmingpool, and beautiful wiev of the beach and the hills. When the entire group finally got here we walked to an other hotel were they served us dinner (buffet) and had a small orientation.
The food was really good.

We are 116 students on the trip so we will be devided in smaller groups for the activities. I've already learned two words in Hawaiian (which has it's own culture and language). Aloha = hi/goodbye, Mahalo = thank you.
My life couldn't be better than this right now:D
time to get some sleep now:)