Diamond Head and bare shoulders

Diamond Head, Island of Oahu, State of Hawaii, USA

This is Diamond Head.  On Friday morning, I was able to look outside my balcony at the Hyatt

Place on Waikiki Beach and view this in the distance.  Later I was able walk to the beach and snap a few more pictures, before leaving to pick up a rental car and visit the North Shore, and Pearl Harbor.

We did that on Friday, and on Saturday walked up the the Honolulu Zoo and took in some art on the fence (literally - street art hanging on fence).  From there the picture of Diamond Head was shot.

We rented some sort of small Honda from Enterprise and managed to see not only the North Shore but visit the Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor.  A very moving picture (pun unintended) about the attack brought tears to many eyes, and actually explained the events leading up to it for a war that had begun in China in 1937.  It was politically correct, yet I think the producers found the right tone, and time has healed many of those wounds - about half the people there were Japanese, and they too were crying.

North Shore book lover

Body surfer paddles out

Surf Camera Dog

This post mentions bare shoulders, so now you understand the artful pictures of surfers and students.  The surfer was off Waikiki Beach, the girl with the book was on the north shore.  The clown in the Florida State ("go Noles") T-shirt was at Chinaman's Hat, also north shore.  Like so many on holiday, we've also learned that if you volunteer to take another couples picture, they'll be willing to reciprocate.

Elizabeth and John at Chinaman's Hat 

I actually got wet on the north shore, and had one heck of a time re-climbing the steep (and deep) sandy hill.  I'd left my shoes at the bottom of the hill, after half walking, half sliding down.  Elizabeth had a great laugh and took multiple shots of me trying to get back on all fours, with bare feet and tennis shoes in my hands.

My rating of North Shore:  Better sand than that of Longboat, but not as nice as Siesta Key.  Better girls too.   My rating of Honolulu - cosmopolitan, big city, too many people, and better islands to visit  in the following week,   And following blogs.........

Local artists street fair at Zoo

Banyan Tree, not all that large

Hawaii has many of these

Colorful Tour Bus - I rented a car instead, saw more

Beach Volleyball, Waikiki

Enjoy the pictures, I enjoyed the opportunity to take them and share with you.