Hawaii #2

Without further ado - here's more!

You're standing at the top of Mauna Kea.  From its starting point at the very bottom of the ocean, it's actually taller than Mt. Everest!  All those manmade contraptions you see - telescopes.  Really big expensive ones - owned by programs like NASA.

This is the view from the top of Haleakala, the tallest mountain on Maui.  Haleakala (pronounced hall-a-ahh-kah-la) means 'house of the sun'.

The great Napali coastline, on Kaua'i.  This is the most inaccessible coastline in the world.

So, what is it?  This, friends, is REAL Hawaiian food!

Starting at 12 o'clock, heading to 3 o'clock: (Dark green stuff) It's called Lau Lau.

From 3 - 6 o'clock: Chicken long rice.  It tastes like chicken noodle soup.

From 6 - 8 o'clock: Lomi Salmon; often paired with Poi (there isn't any in this picture though.)

From 8 -9 o'clock: Hawaiian sweet potato.  Note the purple.

From 10 - 12 o'clock: Kahlua Pork.  Really tasty!

And the yellow stuff in the middle is, of course, pineapple! 

Good ol' Waikiki.

See the beach across the water?  That's Ala Moana beach.  From where the picture is taken, you're standing on Magic Island.

Kapi'olani Park; right across the road from Waikiki beach!  The bandstand, which you see on the right, holds various functions throughout the year.  

The symphony has even played here on occasion.

Time for audience participation at the luau in Wai Lea, Maui.