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Saturday, December 5, 2009

It is a joy to help out Special Olympics by taking pictures.

I hope to get more basketball shots tomorrow.

Shun Wah and I sat along the side of the wall to get these shots. Warning no flash as it is distracting to the bowlers.

Yes!!!

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Kauai, 11/27-29/09

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Ruth, my gym friend, and I took a much needed vacation to Kauai the day after Thanksgiving. At the airport, we were moaning because the weather had been very rainy and we were imagining ourself stuck indoors our entire trip.

As you can see in this first picture heading to Kokee, the weather was beautiful and did not start raining until @ 7:00 pm on Sunday the night we were leaving. Boy were we lucky!!!

Our first stop. Later we went to Ishihara's for poke and tako.

Here is Ruth trying to capture Waimea Canyon.

The Canyon is so vast, I had a difficult time capturing it.

Although the elevation shows 3400 ft, we were much higher.

Thank you Nancy for reserving this cabin.

We celebrated Thanksgiving again on Friday.

Kudos to Roy, he started the fire in the fireplace without a hitch. I had fun taking pictures using a fast shutter speed to create this picture.

Here are some beautiful flowers.

At the visitor center, there were lots of roosters and hens. This rooster actually allowed me to take its picture.

For breakfast Kelly made crepes. This is Nancy flipping one of the crepes.

This is my breakfast, yummy, huh? The blueberries were cooked to perfection with just the right amount of lemon.

Luckily many people don't know about this beautiful beach.

The sand is very fine and with the constant wind, it creates these very cool patterns.

We ended our trip with a delicious dinner at Bull Shed in Kapa'a with Nancy and her daughter, Lauren. It was a wonderful vacation as Ruth and I reminisced at the airport before leaving at 10:50 pm.

Sunday, November 8, 2009

North Shore, 11/6/09

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I took some friends from Toronto, Canada to the North Shore. One of the guys had his camera so we had fun taking pictures.

Going out, we stopped at the Dole Plantation, I am sorry no pictures to share. We enjoyed some fresh local fruits that were sold just outside the visitor center. The bowls were filled with sliced mango, papaya, coconut, sugar cane and apple banana. We also enjoyed pineapple juice from the center.

Then we headed off to Laniakea Beach to see if any Honus (turtles) came ashore. Oooh no luck. But I got this shot, check out this wave.

The following are from the famous "Pipe Line" surf spot. Although last week there were large waves - today it was pretty small but a bit rough. We found out next Thursday, 11/12/09 the waves will be high.

Driving back we caught this sunset. One thing I learned while reviewing my sunset pictures, I should have used a small aperture. I really had to crop this picture to eliminate the overblown sun.

The evening ended with a yummy dinner at Little Village Noodle House. This was a treat for the guys. The food was really good, and it was not in Waikiki but in Chinatown. It is more fun to eat where the locals eat.

Saturday, November 7, 2009

Hula at the Waikiki Shell, 10/11/09

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From my friend SW's blog she mentioned: Pi’o Anuenue, the Rainbow Connection, made up of several Hula halaus including some from Tokyo held a free hula and Tahitian dance concert featuring over 100 dancers. It started around 4pm and didn't end till after 8pm! It actually featured a graduation of 5 of the members of the troupe.

Aaargh, this is such a delayed post. I had a hard time choosing pictures. I tend to single out a dancer because with group shots, it is hard to have everyone in sync. Therefore lots of groups were not included.