When I was 6 years old, my family moved to Hawaii. We lived on Oahu in a small town on the northeast corner called Laie.
We were in Honolulu a number of times. On one of these times, we visited the Aloha Tower.
In order to get from Laie to Honolulu, it was necessary to go over the Pali. Here is a photo looking towards Honolulu from the Pali.
Somewhere on Oahu are these tunnels to get through the mountains. I’m not sure if they are/were on the highway from Honolulu to Kaneohe, or some other highway.
Another place we went to was Punch Bowl. This is a large extinct crater where a veteran’s cemetary has been built. Originally, they buried thousands of military personnel killed in the December 9 attack in 1941 here.
We also went to a sugar cane field
As well as a pineapple plantation
Another place we visited was the International Market Place
We went out to where they were growing taro
One day we took a drive up into the hills to pick guava
We ended up at this waterfall.
I’m not too sure what this waterfall is called, but I think that the one in the following photos is Laie Falls
In June, they celebrate King Kamehameha Day to honor their past royalty. They have parades in Honolulu as well as most of the other large cities such as Kona and Hilo. we also had a celebration in Laie at the elementary school.
There were many other celebrations at different times, but I do not recall the purpose of these. Maybe to celebrate statehood?
Whatever the celebration, the Luau was always the best part.
We spent lots of time at the beach
This is me trying to husk a coconut. We used to stab a pick into the ground and use the sticking up point to tear the husk off coconuts.
Yeah, I used to be cute.
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