Honolulu, Hawaii

Location Description

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John, running in Lydia's neighborhood, with the Honolulu...
Saturday Farmer's Market at Kapi'Olani Community...
Edible flowers and many types of basil and parsley for sale.
This is an avocado. We bought it. It was delicious,...
Here's a guy making kettle corn. We bought some of this...
Turmeric for sale, with awesome Gothic typography.
Lydia and I also bought a young fresh coconut, which...
But then when we were done, we took the coconut back to...
Lydia, with our finished coconut in hand.
Desert cactus garden. Many of the plants here are...
Some Mexican Golden Barrels in a cactus garden next to...
Can't Stop Una Mas apparently. Stop sign on Lydia's corner.
After the farmers' market, we met some of Lydia's...
These little minnows were swimming around my legs while...
Waikiki sand.
Lydia and I hanging out at the beach after swimming a bit.
Later that afternoon, I decided to go to the gym while...
After the gym, I drove to Koko Crater, on the east side...
Lydia says she has run up this twice, and if you're...
A view from part way up the trail, looking southwest...
At one point, the funicular track goes across a bridge,...
Someone had painted a marker at every 100th railroad...
A view south toward another crater and in the distance...
Looking down from probably the steepest section of the...
View of the native scrub brush, looking southeast.
Getting near the top of the crater.
At the top, abandoned buildings that must have been a...
Looking northeast, with the shadow of the cone I am...
Some rusted out mechanical equipment probably related to...
I didn't realize that there would be so many cacti and...
View west across a good part of Oahu. Clouds descending...
Sunset over Diamond Head, downtown Honolulu slightly to...
Sunset over Honolulu. Apologies for the many pictures. ...
Sunset over Diamond Head.
Sun starting to drop below the horizon.
Diamond Head and the sun.
Diamond Head, Honolulu and the sun.
About half way gone!
Changing light on the desert scrub.
Diamond Head and the last bit of the sun.
Alllllmost gone!
Goodnight sun!
Later that night, Lydia and I headed for Bubbies: home...
Our plate of mochi. (Mochi is a Japanese rice cake made...
On Sunday, Lydia was able to take the afternoon off from...
Hang gliding off the side of nearby mountain and riding...
Parachuters riding thermal updrafts.
We stopped at Leonard Jr's for a malasada: a hawaiian...
I inadvertently switched the white balance setting on my...
Cool looking island off the north coast of Oahu.
John in the parking lot of a macadamia nut farm. Lydia...
Papyrus: this typeface is the bane of graphic designers...
Shrimp farm on the north shore of Oahu. I've read...
Lydia watching surfers in the pounding surf of the north...
A surfer headed back for shore.
Next we drove to Shark's Cove, which despite large...
Occasionally a big wave would spill over the rock, but...
Lydia, lounging in Shark's Cove.
John in Shark's Cove.
Splashing around in Shark's Cove.
The water was a little too cold to be enjoyable for...
Failing at not looking cold. It was sort of refreshing,...
Time to get out of the water.
Lydia, trying to determine whether there was an edible...
Next Lydia spotted a beach where there are often green...
One of the green turtles sleeping. They come out of the...
John giving a "shaka" sign for the turtles.
Sleeping turtle.
Close up of the sleeping turtle.
There is a group tasked with protecting green turtles. ...
One turtle had a tracking device on its shell (Olivia Dawn).
The group who had put up the informational signs and rope.
Next stop was the Matsumoto Shave Ice stand. In...
Matsumoto Shave Ice store. They had maybe 40 flavors to...
Lydia and John with shave ice in hand.
I had sour li hing mui, mizore, lilikoi (passion fruit)....
Delicious, delicious shave ice.
Great sign. Hawaii had some really great signs and some...
On the drive back across the center of the island...
Baby pineapple plants, I'm guessing.
Lydia hanging out in the rental car: a beautiful tan Kia...
Tiny bit of a rainbow to the east.
Pineapple fields as far as the eye can see.
Flowers of the orange flowering trees. I don't know...
That night, Lydia put in a request for pretzels, so I...
Lydia with our finished product. We learned a bit about...
On Monday I drove back up near Koko crater to visit...
Hanauma Bay is a tourist disaster with an entry fee, a...
A view of Hanauma Bay from the path leading from the...
So, after talking to a woman at the information booth...
Entering the water was initially underwhelming; the...
As I kept kicking my way out from shore, the fish...
More brightly colored and iridescent fish came into...
When I had first entered the water, I took out my camera...
Lydia mentioned that this one type of coral, pictured in...
Here things start to get interesting. A number of fish...
Here are the same fish again. I was sort of getting...
No tourist at all! A local, without a mask or a...
After taking a several gulping breaths of air, the green...
Mr. Turtle after taking one more breath glides...
Swimming along he looked as peaceful as could be, though...
And so the turtle dove down below us to hide under a...
I dove down a few feet to watch him swim off into the...
Taking another self-portrait. I felt very lucky to have...
Further out, more interesting fish start to appear. ...
Taking more pictures of myself. I think I kept doing...
Further out in the bay, I start to see larger schools of...
More of the same school of fish. The schools of fish...
More fish deeper out in the bay. Still sadly a lot of...
Big schools of yellow and black striped fish. They were...
These fish had beautiful coloring and congregated in...
So I thought there were a lot of these yellow and black...
An even bigger school with some other brightly colored...
After a while, I swam out across a vast sandy stretch...
Blue and black fish floating lazily about. I wonder...
Blue and black fish. These guys were downright curious....
One of these blue and black fish caught alone. Note the...
It was an eerie scene, seeing these fish stretching...
You can see the topography of the coral starts to get...
Some interesting coral and fish in the Witches Brew area...
Generally what the coral looked like in the Witches...
Another self portrait, skin diving below the water.
Spiny sea urchins (ouch!) nestled in among some coral.
An angel fish in the Witches Brew. She hurries away...
Still taking pictures of myself.
A long torpedo shaped fish. He was a fast swimmer and...
More schools of yellow and black fish as I swim back...
These guys were really pretty and tame.
Look at the brightly colored red green and blue fish in...
This guy was quite pretty, but as usual, swimming...
Very pretty large iridescent fish.
Here's a guy I managed to capture in a pretty good pose....
Various fish swimming about.
Not a horrible shot of this guy.
Check this out! Not the big iridescent fish, but just...
One of my favorite shots of a fish. He's funny looking but cute.
It's one of those bright yellow fish again!
This guy has a pretty red tail.
Mask is getting pretty foggy. No wonder I didn't spot...
Back on dry land. Hanauma Bay with Koko Crater in the distance.
Self portrait after snorkeling.
It took me a solid hour to warm up even with my neoprene...
Still trying to warm up. The sun felt so good after the...
The palm tree I was sitting under cast a very photogenic...
Another shot of Hanuama Bay beach. Since it was a state...
Lying on the ground and looking up from where I read my...
After I had had enough, I walked back to the car,...
Using my towel and a shawl to ward off a sunburn, I...
That evening, Lydia and I went to the Pali Lookout in...
Pali means cliff in Hawaiian. Here's a view off the...
There was an "interpretive panel" (NPS-speak for sign)...
Hawaii has steep volcanic flutes that look as if they...
They weren't kidding. Fallen rock was everywhere and it...
Sunset over the mountains of central Oahu.
Looking north from the Pali lookout. In olden days, the...
Silhouette of what I imagine has to be the highest point on Oahu.
As the sun sets the lights come on in the city.
The next morning (Tuesday) I went for another run around...
Lighthouse on Diamond Head.
For lunch, I headed to Chinatown to go to a Buddhist...
Most statues in Honolulu are adorned with leis.
Vegetarian har gow and vegetarian shiu mai. I'm going...
I forget the name of this dim sum, but I think it is...
The real shocker of the meal was this: vegetarian butter...
Close up shot of the texture of vegetarian butter fish. ...
I ended up ordering enough for two, and I took the...
While I was eating lunch at Legend, the view out the...
View of Legend Vegetarian Restaurant from across the...
A lot of the tables had built in checkers/chess boards.
And I thought the "I lost me to meth" ads in San...
The Chinatown Cultural Plaza, flying the United States...
Just keep it simple.
Great looking sign. I especially like the hand-drawn...
A nice feature of Honolulu was little stands of bamboo...
View of one of the more major roads in Chinatown. Seems...
Chinatown was filled with lei shops with old women...
Refrigerated display case for leis.
For all your gau needs.
Same garlic for sale in San Francisco, and same price...
Food for sale at a market in Chinatown.
View of a walking promenade in Chinatown.
Uncle Marv's pawn shop.
Looks like I got a great deal on my flight here. ...
A surprising number of homeless in downtown Honolulu.
The Nuuanu Stream, next to Chinatown.
After lunch at Legend Vegetarian Restaurant, I returned...
Next Lydia teaches me how to paddle. Diamond Head...
I'm the one in the wetsuit. Probably the only one on...
John, paddling out to sea to catch some waves. Lydia...
John, waiting for a wave with countless other surfers. ...
John tries to catch a wave but misses (the wave went past me).
John attempting to catch a second wave. (I'm the one...
John, actually managing to stand up.
John, riding the wave for as long as he can. The next...
Me on my awesome $10 rental board. It appears to have...
Lydia took this picture from her surf board, possibly...
It turns out surfing is hard work and taxed a lot of...
So, after we tired ourselves out, we surfed one last...
On Saturday when I was watching CNN at the Firestone...
We decided to stick around and wait for the sun to set,...
More self portraits. My tan, if I can call it that,...
Still waiting for the sunset!
Sun ready to drop into the ocean!
Sunset from Waikiki Beach.
Lots and lots of tourists crowded the waterline to try...
At first glance, this guy standing on the shoreline...
Since everyone else was using a flash, I thought I'd...
John, looking off into the sunset.
Nuclear explosion fireball sunset. Also notice the...
More surfers watching the sunset between waves on Waikiki Beach.
Goodbye sun!
Lydia and I try to pose for a post-sunset picture.
Trying again with a flash.
Sailboat full of sun-watchers.
Lydia carrying her surfboard back to her moped.
Trying to take a picture of us while walk
We happened upon a hula performance, and so we stayed...
So, when we finally got back to Lydia's scooter, it was...
Pretty sweet rig, right? A moped that holds a 10-foot...
After showering up at home, we headed out to a Tiki Bar...
At one point on the ride there, we weren't quite sure...
Arnold's Tiki Bar, Honolulu. Two big screen TVs with...