in 1961 when I was 11 our family went to Hawaii on the Matson ship Lurline.

[panader0]

We left from San Francisco after a couple of days at the St Francis hotel,
a huge treat for us. My parents met in San Francisco in about '38.
On the five days at sea we kids had events (designed, I'm sure, to keep us
out of our parents way). The young lady who took care of us and gave us
projects and Three Stooges films, was pretty. I had a crush on her bad.
She taught us to hula to 'The Hukilau'.

About the third night my brother and I were walking around the decks and
looked into one of the bars on the ship. There was my love in a small outfit
with fishnet stocking serving drinks to rowdy people. I was crushed.
When we docked in Honolulu she gave me a present of a Matson Lines folding knife.
I still have it.
"Where the laulau is the kaukau at the big luau."

[samnsara]

1. i was 11 same year.. the farthest/furthest... our family went was to the beach..

[mr_lebowski]

2. Around 72 my fam went to Disneyland and they were teaching Hula right by the Jungle Boat ride ...

And we went to that, I think it was a dinner show. And one of the girls teaching the class paid me a lot of attention, and she was hella fine ... she went by Leilani, I still remember that.

I was 5 or 6 ... and I talked about her for months after lol ... I was way smitten.

I used to LOVE the St. Francis, btw. Having Irish Coffee's at Victors (which I read now is sadly gone) on the top floor was an awesome treat back in the day ...

[elleng]

3. Nice!

Went the summer before I started college, h.s. graduation gift; Dad had served there in Navy, after 'Pearl Harbor,' and loved it.

[panader0]

4. My dad was stationed at Hickam AFB.

I was about 100 yards from the entrance to Pearl Harbor. I could see the
towers of the ships over the houses as they cruised into Pearl.

[Aristus]

5. "We throw our nets out into the sea,

And all the amma-amma come swimming to me
Oh we are going to a huki-lau
A huki huki huki huki-lau"

[Karadeniz]

6. We left Hawaii in 1963, I think, also on a Matson ship and Lurline sounds familiar! In fact, we

Were on the last ship being used to transport military families to and from Hawaii...I guess then planes were used.

[Kali]

7. went in 1975 for a couple of months

my father was doing research at the Bishop Museum. We had an apartment in the Ala Moana area. first stop on a year long Sabbatical around the north Pacific basin. Hawaii, Taiwan, Japan, Alaska.

[panader0]

11. How cool Kali.

I spent from 7th grade to 12th in Honolulu. My school was founded in
1841 by missionaries--Bishop was one and I had many 8th grade classes
in Bishop Hall. Other missionaries with halls named after them included
Dole, Dillingham, Castle and Cooke. One of my first friends there was
Alfred Castle.
P.S.--We used to surf the Ala Moana Bowl often:

[LTG]

8. In1961 I was 8 and in Honolulu.

My brother and I flew out on a Pan Am 707 to stay with our paternal grandparents. During teatime we greeted and said goodbye several times to friends on the Lurline. With all the trips there I have always wanted to be aboard one of those ships as a passenger.

My father was born and raised there. Since that summer I have been back between 40 and 59 times, often for 3-4 weeks at a time. Once for 6 months and another for 16 months. Many friends and relatives there.

My grandfather ended up there in 1918 from Wisconsin in the army. My grandmother was the daughter of a couple from Kumamoto Japan who came at the turn of the century as indentured cane laborers.

My grandparents and parents are all buried together in Punchbowl.

We still have the home in Kapahulu near the Waikiki end of the base of Diamond Head. It has always felt like home there.

[panader0]

10. Buried in Punchbowl?

They were veterans then right?

[LTG]

12. Both my grandfather and father

They both served in the army. Mom and my grandmother were buried next to them as they buried spouses withe the veteran.

Punchbowl is not very large. Except for a number of gravesites set aside for future special categories it’s basically full. Current interments are of cremation ashes in banks of small vaults along the external walls of the crater.

It’s a beautiful place and I visit every time I’m in Honolulu. Any one visiting Oahu should visit the Arizona Memorial and the National Cemetary of the Pacific (Punchbowl)

[abqtommy]

9. In late 1954 my family and I sailed to England from West Pakistan on the Polish ship Batori.

That was pretty much an economy-level trip and I found a young male companion my age to get into
delightful trouble with. A crew member collared us and returned us to our families. I don't recall any
other entertainment provided.

We left England early in February 1955 on the French liner Liberte. Oh that was heavenly. Great food
and entertainment for us kiddies that included puppet shows and cartoons. I remember my Mom snatching me out of the "adult" movie theater for trying to watch a movie she disapproved of. I miss you, Mom. I had my 6th birthday during this voyage.

Thanks for sharing your memories that brought up my own. We've both experienced some wonderful
events!