The last photos of our holiday.
PT doing his DC’s
One of the hotels we walk past has beautiful lawns and gardens, they have these signs out for your dogs.
A week ago we got the bus out to the Valley of the Temples memorial park. As soon as we were going over the hills we left the sunny day behind on the south coast. This is common, we usually see a cloud build up over the mountains when we are having our afternoon swim but it stays up there and doesn’t come down to the Waikiki beaches. Always sunny down there but we have had a couple of 10min showers go over us in the month we have been here.
Very cloudy, when we arrived, the clouds were covering the tops of the mountains but it’s slowly trying to clear. These mountains always fascinate me. I love how steep they are, just go straight up. Can’t climb up these ones.
Walking up to the big temple. It’s a memorial park and the grounds are beautifully looked after. Graves dotted all over the lawns.
Crossing over the bridge to the lake to see this amazing temple.
As we got across the bridge we could go over and pull the rope back and let the ball go and it struck the drum and made a loud boom…. They say to do this before entering the temple to get rid of all your negativity and bring in all the positives
Looking over the little lake to the temple.
Walked through to see the Buddha
The stream entering into the lake another bridge we crossed over. Some big fish.
Now walking back down through the memorial park through the graveyards back to catch the bus back to Waikiki. As there was a MacDonalds across the road we had a chocolate milkshake for lunch.
Looking back up to the mountains.
A couple days later went back into Honolulu to another small market to stock up on fresh veggies . Not the Chinese markets we went to shortly after we arrived here.
Leaving tomorrow so a few last photos to say goodbye to Hawaii.
Above photo our Hotel behind the lagoon with the turquoise trim. The hotels in the centre of the picture are part of the Hilton complex which is large. About six or seven towers all up. To get to our swimming beach on the right we have to walk from our hotel, around the lagoon, where kids like swimming, over to the ocean beach on the right. Diamond Head far right. We have climbed that twice in the past but couldn’t do it now. 😩
Our swimming beach which is 1km walk from our Hotel there and back. We swim everyday.
Our hotel on left, the Y shape one. We walk around the lagoon to the ocean where we swim
Taken in the morning. Zoomed in to get a closer look of Ala Moana beach park also known as Magic Island.
Looking into the late afternoon sun
Last photos looking across the Boat Harbour.
Last nights sunset 🌅
Different cloud formation.
Time to say goodbye to Hawaii once again. We said before we left this might be our last trip up here but never say never. We are already talking about maybe coming back but not sure when. It’s been another great holiday. Although it’s the same old things we do we really enjoy going walking every morning whether we go through the Ala Moana shopping centre or pick up supplies at the supermarkets which is often, as we can only buy what we can walk back with or we might hop on a bus and go further afield for a day trip. Always love it up here, so hope to get back some day. Tomorrow we will leave the hotel at 9.30am, although knowing PT it will be earlier 🤔. Our flight leaves about 1.00pm arriving in Auckland about 9.10pm. Although the last few flights arriving in Auckland have been about half hour late.
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