Morning of Easter
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Sunrise and eggs
Lava Tube!
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Just got out of the lava tube! No lava left, but after making the tube like a little underground river, the lava drained out leaving a labyrinth of tunnels. Nicholas and I kept Caroline’s heartLue lisää
On the road up Mauna Kea
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We’re going up the mountain. Visitor centre at 9000 feet, summit around 14,000 if we go that high.
Telescopes at the top
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So cool to see all the research telescopes.
Sunset at the top
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Worth the wait
Science
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So we’re driving home from our trip to the summit of Mauna Kea and we start hearing weird noises in the car, like of something breaking or being crushed. Turns out it was the water bottles that weLue lisää
Under the Sea
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We all live in a yellow submarine....in Kona!
New digs
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New place for the evening. And a visit to the nearby waterfront.
Two Step
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Our first snorkel of the trip
Coffee Shack
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Kona Coffee, ono, luau bread, coconut pie etc etc
Also an avocado tree next to the lenai.
Underwater!
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Got the old Olympus camera wet for the first time at Two Step beach.
Captain Cook Monument
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We hiked down to the monument and some of the world’s best snorkeling. The hike was gruelling, at 2.5 miles each way, traversing 1200 feet of elevation. We were saved by a kind couple who gave usLue lisää
Coffee Farm
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A tasting at/ with Heavenly Hawaiian Coffee Growers. We tried 4 types of coffee...all wonderful:)
Pearl Harbour Part I
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After our flight, we looked at the weather forecast. Later in the week it predicted rain, and right now it was 85 and sunny so we decided to visit the USS Bowfin submarine at Pearl Harbour.
Submarine Museum
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N took many photos. Here are a few.
North Shore
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Just arrived at the North Shore of Oahu.
Dinner at Haleiwa Joe's
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While walking to find something to eat, a lady stopped us on the side of the road and complimented my (Peter) colourful shirt. She then welcomed us to the North Shore and introduced herself as AuntyLue lisää
Pearl Harbor Part 2
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USS Arizona Memorial and Mighty Mo
Mighty Mo
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Touring the decks. Admiring the big guns.
Sunset
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Walking along the beach park.
Pacific Aviation Museum
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Pearl Harbor Part 3
We took a tour called the ‘Aviators Tour’ which gave us a guide (Mike) and access to a second hangar that still had bullet holes from original Pearl Harbour attack. We sawLue lisää
MatkaajaTom Cruise was not there, however our tour guide had a pic of Tom. His wife works at Lockheed Martin and she told him the story of some hotshot arriving in a P51 Mustang (WWII fighter plane) which turned out to be Tom Cruise arriving to try the F35 flight simulator to prepare for Top Gun II.
Shrimp truck, shave ice, sunset.
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Food truck was on our to do list, followed by Matsumoto’s shave ice (shaving machine shown). And an awesome sunset.
Laniakea Beach
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Where the layson turtles beach and sun. We saw 5 altogether, the pictures are all of Oakley: adult male 35 yrs old.
On a quest for nesting albatrosses!
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Caroline and I abandoned Nicholas at the condo and went for a 5km hike to see an albatross at Ka’ena Point, which is in a protected (from predators) wildlife preserve. We saw dozens includingLue lisää
Surfin Safari
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This morning the three of us took a two hour surfing lesson. Since we all went, we have no pictures. Nicholas did the best of all of us and was standing up pretty good by the end of the lesson. TurnsLue lisää