Hawaii

Tom and I had a great time in Hawaii. I worked on Wednesday afternoon, Thursday and Friday, so I suppose Tom got the better end of the deal. He body surfed all day Thursday and Friday and is still alive to tell about it. We had fantastic food in Hawaii, I think we both forgot how good fresh greens are. It is a sad state of affairs when a salad is one of the main highlights of a trip! We ate at my favorite restaurant in Hawaii (only once, even), visited some of our favorite places, saw a very fun contemporary dance performance in which the dancers (and some audience members) were covered with paint by the end of the show, tasted and drank good wine, hiked a splendid six mile hike across the ridges above the Makiki and Manoa Valleys, went to a Book and Music Festival and had an overall good time. Hawaii really is a lovely place, everyone should visit if they have the chance.


Here are some pictures of the hike and along the beach at Makapuu, where Tommy spent his days body surfing. Unfortunately, I did not think to take any pictures of the wonderful food we ate!

Here is Tom under the root of a huge banyan that crossed the trail:


A view across the Manoa Valley:


The view of Honolulu and Diamond Head from Tantalus Drive above the city. The air was very "voggy" due to the volcanic fog (vog) blowing up from the active volcano on the Big Island. During most of our visit the mountains were obscured by the vog, luckily it was fairly clear for the hike. You can see how hazy the sky was in the this photo, though:


Tom's favorite beach in Hawaii - Makapuu Beach - world famous for body surfing. I tried it again on Saturday after the hike, but for some reason a nose full of saltwater, sand scrapes on my body and face and loosing my bathing suit is just not appealing to me the way it is to Tommy...


There are a few more pictures over on the Flickr page.