Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Waikiki


Hawaiian Sunset

I got to spend a few hours with Wyoming today.  He took me around Waikiki on the back of his Harley and then to lunch.  I was worried that I was a secret since he never did add me on Facebook, but that is definitely not the case.  We went to Aloha Towers, where he works, and he introduced me to a few people.  We stepped into a shop where he said they have a bird all the rock stars take pictures with.  The birds were cute, but my favorite was the friendly little lizard with what looked like three horns on his face - like a miniature Triceratops.  He started on my hand and climbed until he was on top of my sunglasses.  Wyoming took the picture with his cell phone and then texted to me, so you can't click to enlarge.  I wish he was more visible.  The bird is not on my head and not pecking at the lizard...

He had to work this evening, so I headed to the zoo by myself.  I got there at 4:00 and they close at 5:30, so they gave me a free ticket for tomorrow to see whatever I missed today.  The animals are more active early in the morning and the evening so that may not be a bad idea to do on purpose.  I took video of the White-Handed Gibbon showing off.


After the zoo closed, I walked across the street to Queen's Surf Beach where I watched the sun go down.  I just missed getting a picture of one of the sailboats casting a shadow in front of the sun as it was disappearing below the horizon.  My camera kept focusing on the trees and I couldn't get past them in time.  I'll have 5 more evenings to get the perfect photograph of a Hawaiian sunset. 

10 comments:

Tempo said...

Im glad youre having a good time over there Jen. Enjoy, and take a heap of pics to share with us back at our lonely jobs...(sigh)

Brian Miller said...

wow. sounds like your first day went well...

Oilfield Trash said...

Have fun and enjoy yourself.

sage said...

Sounds nice--the photo with the lizard and bird (it looks like it's in your hair) is funny. Not you, your beautiful, but having a lizard and a bird, too cute!

Anonymous said...

sounds like a wonderful day;)

Kelly said...

I love zoos! Sounds like things are off to a good start.

Anonymous said...

Glad you are having fun...Now you know I am dying to know what rock stars had their pics taken with the bird!!!

Anonymous said...

Must be the island, making life so beautiful. Please have a wonderful time.

daily athens

Bernie said...

So glad everything is going well, nice picture of you Jen, you look happy.....:-)Hugs

Rachel Cotterill said...

Looks gorgeous - Hawaii is pretty high on my list! :)

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