We started the day driving over to Diamondhead, the crater of an extinct volcano where there used to be some sort of military installation. There's a little park in the middle, and a trail that takes you up to rim overlooking Waikiki and Honolulu and the ocean. Pretty quick hike, though the additional humidity over what I'm used still had me sweating before too long. There's a nice view from the top, and i was worth doing once, but I don't feel like I NEED to do it again.
From the top of Diamondhead
Cara's the King of the World!
The only other thing we had planned for that evening was the weekly fireworks show at the Hilton after dark, so we just decided to hang out down in Waikiki the rest of the day. We spent a couple hours walking past ABC stores, and checking out the international market place, and then found a place we could park all day and picked out a spot with a little shade on the east end of Waikiki beach to hang out. We took the boogie boards out for a bit, but mostly we just ended up laying around napping and reading and being lazy for most of the day.
Looking through some banyan trees at a yoga class on the beach
Our hanging out spot
At one point we took turns walking into town for lunch, and toward the end of the night, Brandon and I stopped to watch a little bit of beach volleyball that was starting up. Eventually we drove over to the west end of Waikiki and after a few tries at figuring out the one way streets over there, were able to find a parking spot and walk over to the Hilton.
Sunset
The fireworks didn't seem to last quite as long as they had the year before when I was there, but they were still fun.
Fireworks through the palm trees
Afterward we were all ready for bed, so we headed home, possibly grabbing some dinner on the way. At this point I don't quite recall.
2 comments:
I filmed a standup narration for my documentary on the rock outcropping barrier in your "hang out spot" picture
Those are amazing fireworks!
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