Welcome to the North Shore of O'ahu. There were, indeed, surfers, but my camera phone is not so great when it comes to details in the distance. They were remarkable to watch, though.
I hate that this shot is so blurry but it was taken leaning out of the window of our rental Ford Focus. These ripply mountains along the northern side of the island are just incredible. I can't imagine living up there and seeing that every day.
Here's me, looking dorky, but proving that I was here!
Outside my hotel, the city of Honolulu crawls up the mountainsides with its talons. Really, it looks more like a city in Southeast Asia than someplace in my own country.
This was the view off my lanai in my hotel room yesterday afternoon after work. I know it's hard to see but that little streak was a really beautiful rainbow. All the locals told me it's very de rigeur to see them daily. Regardless, I was impressed. By the way, that lumpy business in the background is Diamond Head.On my Christmas wish list is a real camera. Sorry the pictures suck so badly but they're the best I can do, given all I had was my l'il pink cellphone.
Aloha!
7 comments:
hate to tell you this, but... even the blurry pix look like paradise! it has been warm here this week, but there's no beach!
yep, you're right. It was pretty fabulous.
wow, you really were there!
was the water warm? freezing?
I really never got more than my feet wet. No, I take that back-- one wave rushed up on my when i wasn't paying attention and the whole back of the skirt I was wearing got wet. The water was warm-ish, i guess-- for ocean water, anyway.
its funny how much warmer the water must be in Hawaii compared to LA b/c the water in LA in the fall and winter is freezing cold
i want to go too.
Sommer-
If you want a job in which you torture little Hawaiian children for a living, I might be able to arrange it...
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