August 11, 2007

  • Wednesday we decided to head to Haneuma Bay, which is on the southeast corner of the island, just east of Koko Head. This is an underwater museum, in which you can snorkel and see the corals, fish, and other aquatic life. It is an old volcano crater that opened on one side, making a perfect cove to provide protection to the marine life. We dosed each other up good with sunscreen, but mine wore off midway, so I manged to get a pretty good burn too...

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    we all rented snorkel gear and swam for several hours, then took a break on the beach...

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    We managed to find an accomodating tourist to take our photo together...

    Then we headed back towards Wakiki, stopping at Diamondhead, a volcanic crater that is now a National Landmark, but was used as a military lookout or outpost. They had actually built a concrete bunker in the top of this thing..quite a hike up there, several sets of stairs and a pedestrian tunnel, and a set of spiral stairs...

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    you can get a perspective when you look down on the lighthouse...

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    there was a survey marker at the top...

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    And a surprise shot of Maureen when we were coming through the tunnel....

    We headed back to our hotel, got cleaned up, and went to a nice restaraunt for dinner. It had changed since the last time I had been there, was more casual this time. Except the prices, they were still premium. We were in a busy spot, right next to the stairs, which was a bit distracting. All in all, it was nice.