Soft Waikiki Sand

As we walked along a Waikiki beach, the soft sand beneath our feet reminded us again, we were home.

Waves gently washed the sands with endless ocean water.

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Rainbow Tower

The tile rainbow on the side of the tower is the largest in the world. On the other side is another like rainbow.

We took a leisurely walk on the beach--from where I took this picture.

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Hilton in Honolulu

We moved our digs to the Hilton on Thursday. It's nice to be back "home."

This lobby is near the front desk. Usually there's a large round table filled with flowers displayed with lots of flair. We miss that, but the area now has an open feeling.

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Our Last Evening at Ko 'Olina

Couldn't resist the sunset again. This time through the cocoanut trees, over the lagoon.

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Surprise at Tanioka's

Lest I forget, my older son spied these wonderful morsels. No, they did not have any ingredients from the sea. Just chocolate chips, Arare (rice crackers), flour and butter. A real find. Make sure you pick up a bag when you're there.

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Tanioka's Seafood

Found another good Japanese seafood/rice plate/poke local lunch place one the Ewa side of Oahu.

A bewildering number of dishes whetted our appetites. We now have a good alternative to Poke Stop (See a few posts back.). Both are on Farrington Highway, which is one of Ewa end's commercial thoroughfare.

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Ihilani Hotel

We visited the Ihilani Hotel, one of the resorts in the Ko 'Olina complex.

These ponds featured ocean water tropical fish. One of the species was baby hammerhead sharks. Not quite 30 inches, these sharks leisurely patrolled the ponds. Most other fish gave them wide berth. Tiki torches reflected on the surface ripples like magic fires.

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Right Outside on our Condo's Front Lawn

Not a bad view, is it? Actually, this is from the left side of the Condo's Lagoon 4. I

t was really this nice. Weather was 85 high (with ocean breezes) and 74 low--all week, honest....

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Our Condo

Our condo is the Hale Naia (dolphin) tower at Ko 'Olina. You'll see some sites from the outside in the next couple of posts.

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Did I Say We've Been Eating Well?

Oh yes! Here we sat in the condo, devouring manapua from Chun Wah Kam in Kapolei.

The first dish held five types of bau. Charsiu (baked), duck, spicy thai pork & two others. Each bau had coded colors placed there with the end of a chopstick dipped in various food colorings.

The second dish featured desert. Hawaii 9-layer rice cake, with eight white layers topped with a special brown sugar delight. And the gin dui, big as a man's fist. 




Yummmmmm.