Honolulu from our hotel balcony, by night
Honolulu from our balcony, by morning
Again, off our balcony
Looking oceanwards from the balcony
All the plants have flowers on them
A little gecko of some kind
I did not understand this, so I took a picture
Going down to the convention center
Inside the convention center - lots of glass, open spaces, and open terraces
I'm jealous of this guy.
Condos, ocean, boats, canal.
An interesting-looking (and super-expensive-looking) condo
Convention center
Towards the ocean
Botanical garden on the convention center roof
Cool flowers on the roof
...hence its name.
Crane's Head flower
Cool yellow leaf on the ground
On the conference center roof
Conference center roof
Conference center supports (specifically called “trees”)
I am not used to trees that keep their roots on the outside of the ground.
More outside roots
Conference center roof trees
They send out these feelers from their branches that become roots eventually, I think
These trees had funky fruits.
Architecture shot: condo building with a hat.
Palm trees and waterfall at the conference center
Conference center sun
GECKO!
By the canal
Honolulu canal next to the conference center
As it turns out, Honolulu attracts rainbows amazingly well
Me and Laura exploring by the canal
Again, by the canal
At the Hale Koa Luau, probably the most touristy thing we did. That's Mike's drained Mai Tai and a bunch of extra flowers that Laura asked the bartender for.
Some dancers (in the style of Tahiti, I believe) at the luau. Swoosh!
Giving new meaning to the term “fireman”
So here goes the firedancer. He was pretty cool.
Who says fire (and long exposures) can't be fun?
Ouch?
Enthralling tourists with swooshy fire-hands.
Another video - unfortunately I looked away from him to stop it and didn't realize I was cutting off the giant firewhip.
This was in the lobby of our hotel/apartment/condo building. I can't explain it.
Waikiki beach at night. I shall pretend that my shaky hands make it artistic.
Yet again, I must state how beautiful our conference center was...and that was where we were supposed to be *working.*
Part of the Hilton Hawaiian Village, where we stayed.
Below our balcony.
BEACH! (Mike has rooted)
Group shot on Waikiki
Group shot again
Waikiki, condos, and Daimond Head
Surf!
Pfffffffoosssssshhhhhh
This picture makes me happy. My goal was to look AS TOURISTY AS POSSIBLE and I set out to find the brightest, loudest Hawaiian shirt I could without looking totally obnoxious. The necklace and flower and from the luau the night before. Sunglasses and hat sold separately.
Laura and Michelle compare notes on the beach.
Now that looks fun! (It is!)
Dragon boat going b the beach
There are surfers in these waves if you zoom way in.
Dragon boat again - looks fun!
Here, Laura is arranging some payback for a beach picture she once recieved...
Waikiki behind the Hilton
Palm trees
More palm trees!
Here's a Hawaii picture for you.
Diamond Head
Sailboat off the beach
Diamond Head without the condos
Slightly too bad I got this shot just as the sail was turning out of the sunlight.
Pretty.
Tropical!
This is the touristy bit of the beach.
Sun and beach
Clouds
My hotel had penguins
Lazy penguins.
On an evening drive around the capitol, we saw this volcano
I like the erosion channels
Honolulu's residential district goes up the side of the mountains
Clouds over Honolulu Bay
Honolulu Bay
Surf on the rocks
At Cheeseburger in Paradise, in which Joanna, Mike, and Laura got some island drinks
This is my Cheeseburger in Paradise. It came with an umbrella and a piece of pineapple. Num num!
A Honolulu park
Gnarly tree!
Gnarly bark!
This tree reminds me of an elephant for some reason
Banyan tree roots in the park
It's an “exceptional” tree!
Banyan tree making itself some new trunks. Because hey, why not?
Banyan again
Here's the elephanty tree again
Boats make a good Hawaiian name showcase
I know where I'm taking my future outrageous yacht.
The edge of the park...Mike and I walked all along this row of palms taking pictures.
The base of a palm
Mike snapping photos
Rain on the mountains
Pretty...
Mike looking intrepid
Check out this water
As the tide came in
Those are some sea urchins on the rocks, I think
Cyan? Turquoise?
Fishing by the surf
Look, crabs. About 3-4 inches across.
This looks like the bit of Honolulu that's not full of condos.
Surfer. There were lots of them around. I'm not sure whether that was because we were in the touristy area or because the stereotypes about Hawaii are true.
See the secondary bow?
I met Joe Gangestad at the conference - we traded presentations and hung out.
Starting a hike through a jungle to Manoa Falls
Biiiiiig banyan
Banyan roots descending
Mike estimated the width of this tree at 15 feet, I think
Tree eats sign. Just keep this in mind for later...I took a picture of a whole sign so you can see just how much was devoured...
A woody grave for this chunk of metal
Arches
Coconut palms and banana plants
Vines making solid walls
This looks like The Swamp Thing From Another Planet trying to get loose.
Okay...“ALTH HAZA” was missing inside that tree.
Angle tree
I'm in a jungle!
Joanna on the path
Giant ferns over the streambed (I estimate that indiidual fern leaves were about palm-sized)
Spiral leaf
A sprawling bamboo stand.
I think Joanna's looking up in this one because we were starting to feel the first drops of what turned out to be a 15-minute downpour
Tropical fruits
The antediluvian path
Drenched trekkers
Muddy roots
A new bamboo shoot, too
Tangly trees over the path
Tangly trees
A break in the trees ahead
More tangled branches
Waterfall in sight
Shafts of light
Pool at the base of the falls
Manoa Falls
Top of the falls
A more dedicated photographer than I - though just as watery
WHAT NO READ THE SIGN! ANGER! STOP!
After Ithaca, I am clearly not impressed by the scale of the waterfall.
This is how the waterfall starts. (And you thought you weren't going to learn anything from looking at my pictures.)
Pretty tall falls
Bloop bloop bloop
I love this: End of trail
HA HAR!!
Mike, Laura, Michelle, me, Joanna
Here's a good flower
Elephant-Ear leaves
The path
Running water on the path
Rain forest, eh?
In the bamboo stand
Three
Around the corner
Vines from above
Slushy.
This thing is about four, five feet across
Climbing
Bamboo shards
Forest path into twilight
Arch
This root looks like a dinosaur claw to me
Distant ridge beyond the jungle
Banana flower - petals the size of my hand, and see the fruits?
Banana plants
Banana flower
This is a coconut tree
Convention center and Honolulu canal panorama!
Honolulu by night
Tall banyan trunks
It's like a one-tree forest
The other side of the park
Vine amphitheater
The falls
Giant banyan
