Lunch at the Food Court at the International Market while we waited to check into our room.

Diamond Head at sunrise

Diamond Head and Waikiki

Looking south from Waikiki towards Pearl Harbor

A County Park on the East side of the island

Chinaman's hat fits Vick nicely

Chinaman's Hat artistically composed

A cardinal native to Brazil

This was our rent a car. An HHR

Someone had stacked these rocks across the street form the place we had lunch

The lunch place was called the Crouching Lion after this formation. See him on top?

I'll go thru the map and figure out where all these beaches were someday. Whereever they were, they were all pretty

Lot's of tiny little sand doves everywhere

We took a nap at Turtle Bay Reesort. This dove kept circling our blanket

View upwards from the blanket

Same view. There was a Bulbul (bird) singing in the tree.

The view between my knees looking north to Turtle Bay

I'm getting pretty good at centering us at arm's length

Ted's Choco-Macadamia nut pie and consumed near Sunset Beach

Then we had to try the shave ice at Matsumoto's, tropical and Rootbeer with ice cream, no bens

Lots of sugared out children and bees swarmed about, both harmless

King Kamehameha (I love that Hawaiin language is so phonetic)

It was hot but I don't know why we are beet red.

You have to wear protective booties when touring the Iolani Palace

The Guard House at the Iolani Palace in downtown Honolulu

A Banyan tree between the Palace and the current Government building

They say it was planted by Queen Lilikualani

The government Palace

The back entrance (lloks a lot like the front)

The front of the building

Crest of Hawaii

View from a lookout on Tantalus Drive

From SOuth to North

Flowers at the Lyon Arboretuem

A strangler fig vine on a stump

A waterfall at the end of our hike in the Lyon Arboretuem

A Banyan up by the waterfall stretching all the way down the falls

Underwatewr camera at Hanauma Bay

There were a couple little fishies swimming around all the tourists

My mask leaked if I didn't hold my nose.

Getting our land legs back after bobbing like a cork in the salty Sea

Hanauma Bay at the end of the day

Queen Emma's Summer Palace. I played the piano. (Twinkle twinkle little star)

Rainbows everywhere in HI

It always rains up in the hills crossing over to the East side

Na' pali lookout, site of a firce battle where 700 warriors were forced over the cliff

into this valley that is now a golf course.

Lunch stop at Buzz's just in time

Beach across the street from Buzz's

The surf burying my feet felt so good

Notice footprints are all left foot.

A hanglider through the sunroof

My birthday Brunch at the Royal Hawaiian

Diamond head and Waikiki Beach.

My arm is getting longer

Mmmm, Vick discovers guava juice

First we start with seafood, and lots of it

Then we go straight to desert, and thensome

I loved this lady sitting across from us

She had gold toenail polish and a gold bag too.

Pretty table setting

You can rent the umbrellas from the hotel

I wondered why they cleared the tables so fast. The bird were on it almost before you'd pushed your chair in.

An afternoon dunking

See me splash?

and float

Sunset, everyone comes out, takes a picture then goes back in

Diamond head late afternoon light

The view from Starbucks/Jamba of the construction next to our hotel

Heading home, reluctantly

Me, backlit

Just before my nap

Bye Honolulu

I think that's Pearl Harbor

I love that color of the waters

Halfway home. Sun's getting low