At the authentic Hawaiian luau. The food was delicious!
The beach one block from our condo in Waikiki.
After walking almost a block in the pouring rain, taking a ride from a total stranger, and eating breakfast at Ken's house of pancakes.
What an amazing view!
A river flowing through an old lava tube in Hilo.
Akaka Falls
Zach's new hat. People were mistaking him for a tour guide!
Beautiful
Thousands of years ago lava flowed through this valley and coated the trunks of trees in lava. The trees no longer exist but lava stands in their place.
In Kaumana Caves, an old lava tube, next to a rock that was split in half. You can see the inside of the rock cooled bright red from the lava.
Zach watching for sea turtles.
Walking through the lava fields towards the viewing point to watch lava enter the ocean.
Lava fields
Watching the lava enter the ocean. It glows red at night!
Waiting to go skydiving!
There is the plane we jumped from.
All suited up. We had so much fun!
Standing on the Bowman submarine.
On the Missouri battleship.
Amazing views. We loved all the palm trees.
Beautiful flowers everywhere!
We had a pineapple split at the Dole plantation. It was as tall as our large drink!
Watching the show after the Luau.
Having fun!
Tahitian dancers at the Polynesian Cultural Center.
On top of Diamond Head.
On the Catamaran.
We ate dinner at Bubba Gump's! Delicious!
Before our Luau.
He climbed a palm tree to pick a coconut! Just amazing how he did it!Zach and I took a trip to Hawaii to celebrate our first anniversary. We were there for eight days and had a blast! We stayed in Waikiki, Oahu and took a one day trip to the big island for a volcano tour around Hilo. We went skydiving, snorkeling, hiking up Diamond Head, watched lava enter the ocean, shopping, swimming, and much more! We went to a Luau and performance at the Polynesian Cultural Center, ate an enormous pineapple split at the Dole Plantation, attempted to make fire, learned the Tahitian fast-hip-moving dance, walked almost a mile in a down-pour, visited Pearl Harbor, ate lunch on a catamaran and watched humpback whales. It was a jam-packed vacation but it was so much fun! I hope you enjoy the photos and videos! The first video is during the day when the lava was flowing into the ocean. That is as close as they allow anyone to go, due to the gases produced by the lava, they are very toxic. The second video is in the evening, sorry for how dark it is. You can see how the steam glows red at night and you can even see some of the lava. The last video is taken from the top of Diamond Head. Diamond head is a dormant volcano that is located in Honolulu, Oahu. We hiked 1.4 miles to the top, and that included over 260 stairs that we had to climb at the end of the hike.
