Day 2 - Diamond Head & Sunset

Today was a busy. We left the resort and ventured out into Honolulu. First stop was in China town. The food was amazing, though the picture taking opportunities were scarce. Unless, you want to take picture of fish markets -- which, while cool, don't make all that great of a subject for photos.

We did snap a couple interesting shots. Here they are:

This is the Kuan Yin temple, you can read more information about it here.

Here we are in front of the river walkway in China Town.

Next stop was Diamond Head. This was a climb; it took us nearly 45 minutes to hike to the top of the crater. Yes, hike. It is not a path, there are no cleanly cut walkways....you wander up to the top along an uneven path and some very steep stairs. From the top you have a great view of Waikiki beach -- hum the theme to Hawaii 5-0 as you look at these next pictures.

Waikiki from atop Diamond Head, if you click the picture it should enlarge.

This is the other side of the bay, near Hananuma.

Here we are, Waikiki in the background.

We got to Ko Olina just in time to see the sunset. This picture is taken between the lagoons for our resort. Just past our beaches is the open ocean, this is pretty much the reason you go to Hawaii. Amazing.

The sunset, just behind our resort.

OK, that is all for now. Tomorrow we are going to try surfing and then up to the North Shore to sight see. More pictures tomorrow night.