The day we returned to Waikiki after spending one week on the Big Island it happened to be Halloween. This was of course nothing we kept track of and were very surprised to find that the main street was full of people dressed up as all sorts of things.
We saw tigers, polar bears, frogs, bees, angels, devils, birds, Chip and Dale, Ironman, Superman, Spiderman, Batman, Darth Vader, Darth Maul, Leia, Luke Skywalker, doctors, nurses, patients, police, convicts, Pacman, Angry Birds, Super Marios, the Hulk, pirates, zombies, scary looking people and of course the people that are just wearing as little as possible just to get the attention.
We had a lot of fun just walking around looking at the spectacle. It reminded me a lot of the Halloween I spent in Castro, San Francisco, more than ten years ago. The difference being there was less alcohol in Waikiki, everyone seemed sober and it was really quite calm although lots of people. Everyone wanted to be photographed with the best dressed and often it was impossible to move because a photo session was going on with a Batman, a bunch of crayons (yes, people dressed up like crayons with different colors) or an octopus and Jack Sparrow meeting. The street performers had a rough night when the normal people were stealing all the attention. 🙂
A guy taking pictures of the Hulk and the Black Widow
My personal favorite, the cookie.
No dress up party without a Darth Vader. We saw a number of different Vaders with different costumes. This one was one of the better.
Wondering where to go next Halloween? Waikiki is not a bad place.