Scenic Hawai'i
 

Finally got a second to get my pictures organized and thought I'd throw these up here to get some comments. This first set is from Nuuanli State Park on Oahu, and the clouds kept moving so much I was trying different angles and lightings to see how they turned out.

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Hawaii is never complete without some beach pictures!

These are from a lookout off the Oahu Hawai'i Interstate:

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Haunama Bay - voted the #1 beach in America

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Waikiki Beach on the South shore of Oahu:

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And just a cute statue near the entrance of a beach:

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Great work. Always good to see an artist at work.

What a great trip it must have been amonkie. Beautiful pics, thanks so much for sharing em. I needed something like this to brighten up the dreary, rainy day here. C'mon and post some more.

Glad you like them, Paddy. :) I took over 200 pics in 4 and a half days, about half of them from helicopter view. Give me another day to get them resized and you'll have 'em! :)

Wow, very beautiful pics.

wow i sure wish i can make it to hawaii one day... great job

Nice pictures. I kinda like the one of the statue guy. Is that a surfboard and a seal he's got next to him??

Looks like a blast! Glad you had fun!

I'm going to cry. I miss hawai'i ! Great pics !

Hey, thats really cool. Ive always wanted to vacation in hawaii.

You get a cookie! :thumbsup:

Cookies are good!! what kinda cookie??

Well, I've got sugar cookie and snickerdoodle dough coming in a little bit :D

very nice pictures ;) definatley makes me want to goto hawaii, but i just wish to see the nature of the area, not the touristy dolled up parts. thank you for sharing.

Oooh Oooh!! Snickerdoodles are my favorite cookies, Slightly soft, and nice and warm from the oven... mmm...

thanks..............

You might try a few things like hiking or ecotours. Here are two links for Maui, in particular:

http://www.hikemaui.com/

http://supak.com/ecomaui/etours.htm

I agree, getting away from the tourist areas will get you to true Hawaii. There are similar trips on every Island. Whenever we go, we schedule a day or so to get the tourist junk out of the way, then spend the rest of the time snorkeling and exploring. It takes a few days to a week to rid yourself of your mainland Hana (work) Ko'iko'i (stress). Only then will you begin to experience real Aloha.

We went on a whale watch tour one Tuesday afternoon. We toured out into the water and watched these magnificent swimmers throw themselves out of the water and crash back down. Completely amazing. Towards the end of our afternoon out there, the boat captain lowered the swim ladder so we could dive off the stern into the cool Pacific Ocean. In spite of my current clothes, I dove in anyway. Once I reached the apex of my dive, deep in the water, the air bubbles surrounding me were gone. As I slowly ascended back to the surface, my ears took in the beautiful call of the nearby whales. It is something I will never forget.

Go search for tours like this, or PM me if you want more info.

Haunama Bay looks the best by far!

man i need a vacation