(created Sat. July 21, 2018)

This page provide highlights from our visit to Oahu

(color: yellow, per GoHawaii.com)

1. -frisbee and catch in the ocean, and soccer on the beach
   
   

2. -frisbee and catch in the pool
   
   

3. -Visiting Chinatown for lunch and climbing to the top of Diamond Head... a climb of 700+ feet from crater to summit; just over 2 miles total across trail and steps.
   
   the views at the top are amazing
   
   and on your way back home you may or may not see a pig walking around the local streets.  : )
   

(you can just see our hotel where we stayed - Marriott Ko’Olina, at the top of the photo)

1. -Successfully completing the world’s largest maze at the Dole Pineapple Plantation, enjoying pineapple whips (smoothies), and finding pearls inside oysters at the jewelry counter
   

And they have rainbow eucalyptus trees planted in their parking lot... look at that bark!

1. -Snorkeling in Hanauma Bay
   

We saw these criminal fish / convict fish and many more

and Abby quickly befriended some of the many cats that live there... there against the rock wall.

The Polynesian Cultural Center

1. -(virgin) pina coladas
   

1. -The Polynesian Cultural Center - luau, dinner, Samoa, Tonga, and the show; and a shared virgin pina colada served in a pineapple!
   
   

These gentlemen were from Samoa and shared how the coconut gives them almost everything they need - threat, tools, fire, more.

Links to the rest of this travel journal:

1. 1)Highlights
   
   

2. 2)Highlights - Big Island
   
   

3. 3)Highlights - Oahu
   
   

4. 4)Highlights - Kauai
   
   
   

5. 5)Hawaii Geography
   
   
   

6. 6)Flights - STL / St. Louis to KOA / Kona
   

7. 7)Kona - Kailua
   
   

8. 8)Kona - Painted Church and Place of Refuge
   
   

9. 9)Kona - Coffee
   

10. 10)Ka Lae / South Point and Punalu’u / Black Beach
    
    

11. 11)Kona - Outrigger Canoe and Snorkeling
    
    

12. 12)Moku Nui Lava Boat Tour
    
    

13. 13)Lava Boat Videos
    
    

14. 14)Drive, Hilo to Kona on Hw 19
    
    
    
    

15. 15)Flight - KOA / Kona to HNL / Honolulu
    
    

16. 16)Oahu - Chinatown and Diamond Head
    
    

17. 17)Oahu - Dole Plantation Maze and Polynesian Cultural Center
    
    

18. 18)Oahu - Hanauma Bay
    
    

19. 19)Oahu - Hanauma Bay Videos
    
    
    
    

20. 20)Flight - HNL / Honolulu to LIH / Lihue, Kauai
    
    

21. 21)Kauai Churches
    
    

22. 22)Kauai - Na Pali Catamaran
    
    

23. 23)Kauai - Na Pali Videos
    
    

24. 24)Kauai - fun in the resort and at Kalapaki Beach
    
    

25. 25)Flight - LIH / Lihue, Kauai to STL / St. Louis
    
    
    
    

26. 26)SLUH in HI
    
    
    
    

27. 27)Hawaii Revealed
    
    

28. 28)Postcards
    
    

29. 29)Reviews
    
    
    
    

30. 30)Hawaii 2000
    
    

31. 31)Hawaii 2000 - Maui
    
    

32. 32)Hawaii 2000 - Oahu