Nice! Oahu is definately on my list of places. That's pretty evil of the local taxis to bleed tourists like that. a little weird the buses at airport stops don't like carry ons... seem to defeat the purpose. Are the type with storage elsewhere on the vehicle?

As for the snacks... I need my comfort food to keep from strangling the people in the immediate seating area. (>_<) I once packed enough snackages to last three weeks plus both flights. They were thin fruit snacks and I bough like 50 of them lol I kept magically producing them whenever I was hangry.