Photo Maniac: Another fun time in Hawaii

Hilo, April 1

Ipm.

Found out my sister is pregnant. Yea! Caught up on some laundry that I needed to do and got some naps in. Easy going day today.

Honolulu April 2

Tour- 7 hours.

Tour guide talked about spam and how popular it is in the Hawaiian Islands. They have a Spam Jam at the end of April every year. Even McDonalds has a breakfast with spam and eggs. I got to see the original Hawaii 5-0 hotel they filmed the show at. Waikiki city is only 3 miles long, which is mainly beaches and malls of what it looks like to me. The best thing about Hawaii is that year round the water is an average of 78 degrees, which would make me want to hang out on the beach all the time too. The temperature around here never gets over 90 degrees… how awesome is that? I got to see Diamond Head from the bus and there is a hiking path that goes all the way up. Some of the crew took the path and showed me some pictures. They said it took all day to hike up and back. Another great thing about this island is that all the beaches are public. Our first stop was at Hanauma Bay and here are some photos I took.

One of the points here they call bamboo Point. (on the far left)

Our next stop was at the blowhole, but I didn’t see much of the blowhole due to the lack of big waves.

Sandy beach was right down the road and has been said to be the most dangerous beach for the body surfers. They can have serious accidents because of the force of the waves and the surfers can hit the beach and hurt themselves.

We talked about the Hawaiian Homesteads that the government gives to local people who are at least 50% Hawaiian. Their leases are 99 years, $1 a year and the lease can be transferred to the next of kin. Pretty cool deal they got going on here.

The next stop on the tour was the Bydod-In Temple. It is located in one of the largest cemeteries on the island. The cool thing about the cemeteries here is that there are multiple religions. And here are some pics of me. And some pics of the fishy pond.

Out of the window on the bus we could see a small island named by the workers from China from the early 1900’s? It’s name is Chinaman’s Hat. The tour guide said that you can walk out to it on low tide, but when the tide comes back in it come quickly.

I did find out that the movie Jurassic Park was filmed here also. It was filmed in the North Shore Valley. Also the opening scenes were filmed in Kauai, but they had to move because of a storm that hit the island.

We had lunch at the Polynesian Culture Center and here are some pics of that. I did have a couple adopt me as their grandchild. Lol. They kept a look out for me when ever we were out and about to make sure I didn’t get left behind. Gotta love these people, they crack me up.