October, 2011 | Jason Around the World

The Continental Island Hopper from Honolulu to Guam with 4 Stops

Oct 132011

For as long as I can remember, ever since I started traveling I had wanted to take this flight. I started planning the Round the World Trip nearly a year in advance, and everything revolved around this flight. The Island Hopper is a flight from Honolulu to Guam which makes four to five stops (depending on the day of the week) along the way. As much as I would have liked to stop, I just wanted to take the flight and see what it was like!

We dropped our rental car off bright and early, checked in with no problem. The agent was, however, completely confused why we were on the four stop flight to Guam instead of the nonstop. She decided it was “for miles or something” and let us go. Nothing else exciting, and soon we were in a gate holding area full of quite unusual people for the flight to Majuro, Marshall Islands.

Second Day in Hawaii

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Oct 122011

Since this was our third trip to Hawaii this year, initially we hadn’t planned to spend more than a day here. After all, the idea was to come here so we could catch the Continental Island Hopper flight to Guam. However, since the flight only goes three days a week, combined with the fact we could only find availability on one day, we decided to relax here a few days and enjoy the birthday sun!

We managed to get up relatively early considering the great dinner the night before, and get in the car and head towards the North Shore. The main goal was to test out the new underwater casing for the camera so it was ready for Palau in a few days. Halfway there it started top pour, so we had to pull over and put up the roof on the the convertible for the rest of the drive – no fun!

Got to the North Shore, and stopped at Cholo’s for some Nachos and Margaritas for lunch – can’t really go wrong with that, right? First stop after lunch was at Turtle Beach, where it was the perfect time to see the green turtles playing in the waves and coming ashore. This was my third time here this year, and the first time we saw so many turtles. There were at least two dozen of them!

Panama to Honolulu via Newark and Houston and first day in Honolulu

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Oct 112011

Ok, first off, I need to do a few mea culpas….after the first week or so of the trip we were cramming so much into every day that I just wasn’t able to keep up with the blog during the trip. Oh, and my laptop died…the hinge cracked, turning it into the world’s largest iPad. More on that below…

So it was up early to get to the airport in Panama. First, a bit of explanation on this random routing. We could have just flown Panama-Houston-Honolulu, but that would have just meant more time laying over in Houston…and via Newark was the same fare, roughly another 5,000 miles towards elite status, and more time in Business First. Easy choice! Check-in in Panama was completely uneventful, and soon we were hanging out in the Copa Airlines Presidents Club. Stomach was still less than thrilled from the earlier food poisoning, so I was keeping to coffee and water while we waited to board. Lounge was basic, but more than adequate with quick WiFi…and it was right above our gate, so we could wait until the very last minute to board.

Continental Airlines Flight 1022
Panama City, Panama to Newark, New Jersey
Depart 10:05, Arrive 16:17, Flight time 5:12
Boeing 737-900, Registration N78438, Delivered 2009
Seats 2E and 2F

Honestly, there’s not a whole lot to say about this flight. Service was adequate, not overly attentive, but after my years of flying United I’ve gotten pretty used to that on domestic and regional flights. A copy of the menu for the flight: (it’s important my ‘preferred cocktail or beverage’ was the famous Continental margarita)

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