Egrets
(You know nothing Jon Snow!
anyone else a Game of Thrones fan?)
So, we were aiming for this, Diamond Head, named such by some of the sparkley rocks thereon mistaken for Diamonds ( we didn't notice any). Eventually after distractions of birds branches and well if we aim for it we'll get there, and therefore asking for directions (twice) we were on the right track (or main road). The monument is a crater.
wow the view, even before we were there - the east coast, the shore line is palm trees
the entrance to the crater is through a tunnel (easier to go through than go over the edge). Aloha, the common greeting in the Hawaiian tongue.
The Tunnel, it is barely wide enough for two lanes of traffic, but is painted that way, and the pedestrians like us can just fit along the left side there as long as there is not someone coming the other way or any cars at the same time
the light at the end
wow look at that.
We made it to the lookout just before the summit, whoo, it was hot, there was the occasional breeze, but it was a little rugged, there were stairs and people, and a tunnel, and we just couldn't drag ourselves any further (driving/bussing to the monument would have been ideal, just it didn't look that far away on the map).
So we stopped to admire the view anyway. Would have liked to have looked westward but not to worry - next time (yes I'm thinking about it, but it'll be years away)
Finally we got to get ourselves in the pictures again, it was very hot, and our feet were somewhat sore, but the view we got was worth it.
Ocean
Disobeying signs
Hee hee it is fun to be a little bit naughty
I wondered if that was Kailua at the time but that place was way up further
and heading back down, this is the tunnel part way up the mountain, it was very dimly lit, and a little uncertain of the height, but we made through twice unscathed
there looked to be windows in the side of the mountain, the crater has been used for military purposes
a cat in the bushes
and a bird on the grass (zoom in on the leaves - it is there I promise)
We bought a bird book at the little kiosk at the bottom the first pic was of a yellow fronted canary
the second is Red Crested Cardinal. We didn't get a photo of it, but occassionally we saw what we thought to be random chickens (roosters in particular) just wondering around everywhere, we did ask a local about them - calling them chickens they did not know what we were talking about, however the book has since informed us they are Jungle Fowl or Moa, introduced to the Hawaiian islands quite a while ago, for food. It was quite funny to see them, before realising what they were
and the view from outside the crater, we headed for the bus stop for our next adventure
the clouds rolling over the mountain range
Flowers around Diamond Head
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