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| After arriving at 2 o'clock in the morning from
Auckland on the morning of the day we left in the afternoon (it's all very
confusing), we woke to this view across Waikiki beach from our Halekulani
hotel
window (above). The evening sunset is equally spectacular.
On the way back we stayed at the Waikiki Parc hotel across the road |
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| Our arrival coincided with the local King Kamehameha festival. They sure do love parade |  |
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Evenings watching the sun go down on the "Room without walls" at the Halekulani hotel were very pleasant |
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 The large hotels crowd right onto the beach and the catamarans load from the sand |
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| We took a tour around the island. This is Hanauma bay on the south east of the island. Visitor numbers are so high that they restrict the number of visitors that can be on the the beach and the number buses that arrive at the lookout above. |  |
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Byodo In Temple. | ||
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Hawaiian
green turtles near Waimea bay on the north coast.
Below; the famous Sunset Beach. This is the home of the monster surf, however on the day we visited it was pretty flat. |
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The visit to the Arizona
memorial was a
sobering experience. The ship continues to bleed oil 64 years after she
was sunk  |
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The mighty Missouri
is moored nearby. This was the last battleship to see service (in the
first Gulf War).
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