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John and Becky's Hawaii Vacation 2001

plogo.gif (404 bytes)Pictures from the Polynesian Cultural Center

Interesting fact about the PCC, it is owned and operated by the Church of Jesus Christ and Latter Day Saints (yup, the Mormons).  I guess they feel a little guilty about nearly erradicating centuries of polynesian culture and practices through the aggressive conversion efforts of the early missionaries who forbid such "barbaric" practices as dancing Hula and other native ceremonies.   Just my personal impression.  Also interesting to note the fact that the woman in their "Horizons Polynesian Revue" show are wearing a LOT of "clothing".  The hula, of course, was traditionally performed topless.   ;)

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starfish.jpg (1985 bytes)Pictures from our Condo at
Whaler's Cove on Kauai

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Pictures from Tidepools - a cool restaurant at the Hyatt Regency

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Give the Koi a little bread and they go berzerk!
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John has no clue how to use my digital camera.  ;)
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OK Deb - here is a pic of me.  See?!  I am so on this vacation too!
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Hilton Waikoloa Village, Hawaii's Big Island

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Lobby of our Tower
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Another of tower lobby
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Our room
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Fountain in tower lobby
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view from our room (not as good as some other places - golf course, woohoo)
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Cool shot - palm at night
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the rare hawaiian NeNe goose
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lagoon beach
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Grand Staircase (swim on up to the main lobby)
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Monorail (yes - this place is SO huge you need to take the rail or a boat from place to place)
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Canal Boat
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A stop on the canal boat route
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Flamingo Sanctuary
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Becky contemplates our Sukyaki dinner at the Japanese Restaurant
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Outside Japanese Restaurant
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Koi pond and tatami room
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John wanted to take a picture of the dolphin too... but I'm not so sure that is what he was really aiming the camera at.
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dcp_0358.jpg (107740 bytes) dcp_0359.jpg (80379 bytes) dcp_0360.jpg (86601 bytes) Dolphin Quest holds a daily lottery drawing to pick 10 adults to do the dolphin encounter - a rare chance to swim with the dolphins in the lagoon.  Becky wins the lottery!  So, next day back at the lagoon....
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Becky (and group) pets a dolphin
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Wow, what an amazing experience that was.  If you ever have an opportunity to do something like this, do it!  Here is where you can find out more about Dolphin Quest's other locations. dcp_0420.jpg (60729 bytes)
Heading back to the room on the canal boats and look what is floating up ahead...
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dcp_0423.jpg (58596 bytes) dcp_0424.jpg (71752 bytes) dcp_0425.jpg (78859 bytes) While the Hilton was a great resort, the Big Island didn't impress us much, so we probably won't be heading back there anytime soon.

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State fish of Hawaii - the Humuhumunukunukuapua'a
Seriously!  That's it's name!
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I love green sea turtles!
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The Maui Ocean Center has this cool 60' long acrylic tunnel/walk thru aquarium.
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Sunsent dinner on the beach at the Hula Grill.
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My dinner - a fish called Opakapaka in a coconut curry sauce with jasmine rice and pineapple slaw.  Yummm!
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John's cousin Mikey Yanagi works for this company, so of COURSE we have to go to the luau every time we are on Maui.
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Cousin Mikey
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Weird experiment in timelapse photography - night sky over palm trees (white blotches are a 1/4 moon and Venus)
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These hula pics came out even darker than the ones at the PCC up top (and I got to use a flash this time!).  Night photography is certainly an art.
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Lahaina Kaanapali & Pacific Railroad - "The Sugar Cane Train"

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Last day in the islands - we stopped at a big wind-surfing beach on the way to the airport.  A guy in distress called for help and John jumped into the surf (fully dressed with wallet and cellphone in his pockets) to help... poor wet Johnny!
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All pictures above were taken with Becky's new Kodak DC4800 digital camera.  Very cool piece of equipment.
Since I got a new scanner for my birthday, here are a few more pictures that were taken with the 35mm camera I got for Christmas from my mom and dad.  It takes great pictures - just not digital ones, so I'm glad I have the scanner!  (For you technophiles - the camera is an Olympus Stylus Epic Zoom 80 and the new scanner is an Epson Expression Professional 1600 with transparency adapter)
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Here is John "to the rescue" when a surfer's kite went down in the shore break.   John's cellphone had to be replaced - the disposable camera also in his pocket was developed with most pictures actually coming out OK - and his wallet dried out finally and is still being used.
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Here is a group shot of the Yanagi clan.
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What a great looking guy...
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Mr. Cool before he got wet.
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Me at the entrance to "Samoa" at the Polynesian Cultural Center.
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Cool shot from the dolphin show at Sea Life Park
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