The Wedding: Behind The Scenes (3)
March 14, 2006
The third day in Hawaii was with my family. Daddy rented a car and Victor was the pilot. For some reason he thought it would be a good idea to make me the navigator. Well I wasn’t going to tell him how dead wrong he was but oh well. We did some exploring around Waikiki and Honolulu but mainly did a few touristy things.
Chinatown
If two streets slapped together counts as a Chinatown, then yes, this was a Chinatown. If selling the same crappy ‘Chinese’ wares like fake jade statues, two dollar paintings and plastic slippers count as a Chinatown, then yes, this was a Chinatown. If reconstituting frozen food with equal amounts of MSG counts as a Chinatown, then yes, this was a Chinatown. I’ve seen better.
This sign made up 5% of Chinatown
Pearl Harbor
For some reason I thought it would be a giant “They surprised attacked us so we don’t like them” place but luckily I was wrong. It was an educating experience for many. For me, I’ve read history books already. Really, standing on the memorial doesn’t give you any extra feeling as only chunks of the Arizona are visible. The movie (Tora! x3, not the one with Ben Assface) and the gallery were much more informative.
On the boat ride there
Diamondhead Crater
A fairly minor hike that even my parents could do it was a nice escape from the touristy streets of Waikiki. I spoke with a nice lady from Johannesburg who was there for some research conference. At the top I snapped some nice shots of a rainbow shining into a valley.
The people of whom I have genetic ties to (Victor excluded)
The perpetual rainbow
Our hotel is the building next to the pink glob in the middle
The rest of the day was spent driving around, eating, shopping at the big mall (I need my books and video games damnit), and listening to my family bicker amongst themselves. It was good to be with them after so long again and good to catch up. I should really get on this Skype thing that everyone’s been talking about.
