Ardiefishall: hawaii blog v1.2: around the Island

saturday, JUNE 13.
cousins were eager to go "around the island" so that's basically what we did that day. only to north shore though. wish we went on the east side too but time was short and we didnt start till about 12 in the day :-\. first stop, DOLE CANNERY. where they had the World's largest maze. not anymore though, but it still holds its ground.

cuzin Gunther throwing up the shaka

Welcome to Dole Plantation.

This boy is gonna be a lady killah, no joke.

Ate` mayann in the back trying to steal the shot.

sisters, except sistah in the back. that's my sister lol. oh and reana is their neice

terrible model, nice picture though, couldve been better without the gut.

oOoh baby pineapple

yellow

green

red.

orange? this is where pinapple orange juice comes from.

choo choo train

father and son chillin on the bench while mom galavants the pinapple attractions

yellow hibuscus, state flower of Hawaii.

cindy being photogenic with her designer shades and her 45lbs pull down tripceps. lol

koi

Frisco, maui, New zealand, where to?

there were trying to attemp spelling dole as human Letters

Pass or fail?

scenery of the island mountains from the entrance to Dole Plantation

Famous Giovanni's shrimp truck. bomb as shrimp, pretty pricey though but it sells. shrimp scampi, garlic butter srhimp, and some other spicy shrimp. that thing kicked my mouth in the ass, i think it was because i ate the crused pepper part of the shrimp.

my niece whoring up the camera haha, learning the ways of the aunties. She goes "uncle ardie, there's a rock right here, take a picture of me right beside it." and she throws up the shaka :-p. I guess she learns part of it from me.

church in old haleiwa town. Shows how life is simple with the island breezes portrayed on the palm trees.

famous Matsumoto Shave ice

Ice Artist

yummy on a hot hawaiian summer day.

snow capped on the left plain on the right yummy yummy in my tummy

she was gonna eat the spoon. haha

first shave ice... i think

too cold, too sour? what is it the problem haha

half way done with mine.

After matsumotos shave ice, we headed over to turtle beach. I've always passed by this beach but never stopped by to see the turtles. I didnt realize that this is where they ate. Somewhat a picnic for them on the island. its advised that you avoid getting near their habitat because you'll disturb them.

baby's first encounter with a turtle. He won't remember it but at least theres proof

my encounter with turtle. he was just lying there with the tide coming in. so refreshing.

after that night we decided to get some rest. I had to run errands with my sister in dropping off graduation tickets to attend her cerermony. Last stop was myron's place and it was a stop and go thing. How would I stop and go missing up a meal like this. Garlic butter shrimp, grilled steak, bbq chicken and Green tea lychee hawaiian SUN juice. so freak'n golden. Thanks myron for the bbq food.

homie jeff, cindy, and myron.

we were gonna park at the free parking spot to go to the hilton (rainbow tower) but they towed cars away at 10:30. time now is 10:35. I decided to take some night shots of waikiki, been wanting to do this for a while, just didnt have a good cam. Now i do :D. well not great, but good enough.

capturing diamond head in the background with the darkness of night settling upon waikiki. a long walk on the beach would've been nice but we were about to get towed away.

I love this pic. almost calendar worthy.

night shot on my cousins "suite" balcony. The room was pretty sweet itself. couldnt take pics of it though cuz every one was tired from the driving and the flash wouldve waken them up.