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Monday 11 November – part five: it looks very quiet over there…
From there, we headed over to the ‘Iolani Palace. I had a horrible feeling that it looked too quiet over here, but there were signs everywhere, explaining where to go to get tickets, so that must mean it’s open, right?
We headed that way, and it was all locked up, so I guess it’s closed on holidays then. Please take the signs down in that case, so you don’t confuse visitors.
Once we’d wandered around the palace from the outside, we headed over to the State Capitol, whichwas designed to like the Hawaiian islands rising from the Pacific, with the two chambers of the house contained in volcano shaped chambers. Neither of us cared for it particularly, but once we got inside (and my goodness, it was a real wind tunnel! ) we could see what they were trying to do with it. It’s certainly unusual, and I liked the fact you could just walk through it. Whether you can when they’re in session, I’m not sure…
They even their own Liberty Bell here.
We walked through the Capitol building and took some photos of the Eternal Flame War Memorial opposite.
As we stood there, I wasn’t sure why cars kept beeping their horns. Naively I thought that maybe they were worried we were going to walk out in front of them, but eventually I realised that, a little further down the street, was a political demonstration, and they were tooting their horns in support of that.
Then we wandered slowly back to the car….
Once there, we headed out through downtown…
I cannot believe I captured a bird in flight in this shot!
Ok, I'm very sorry for what I'm about to say next, but I'm too young to remember the old Hawaii 5-0 so I had no idea that they used the same building back then. Cool!
Yes, I'm old. That was a show my whole family always enjoyed, partly because it seemed so exotic.
Well that's a bummer it was closed. But you got some pretty cool photos of the area anyway. And a bird in flight!! The one of the flowers is gorgeous. Are there flowers everywhere? I mean, maybe not so much in the city, but everywhere else?
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Yes, I'm old. That was a show my whole family always enjoyed, partly because it seemed so exotic.
And of course in those days it really was, because not many people travelled that widely. I remember the first we went to America in the early 1980s and all my friends were amazed that we were visiting it, because back then, no-one did.
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Well that's a bummer it was closed. But you got some pretty cool photos of the area anyway. And a bird in flight!! The one of the flowers is gorgeous. Are there flowers everywhere? I mean, maybe not so much in the city, but everywhere else?
There were a lot of flowers in most places now I think about it. I think, once you're there, you get used to seeing flowers very quickly, but of course in November, it's hardly a usual sight.
I had a suspicion when you all had not trouble finding a parking place that everything might not be open. I know you would have loved to have seen the inside of the palace, and I would have loved to have seen the pictures. The capitol is an interesting building. It reminds me of a building here in town that has that wind tunnel area in between the sections of the building.
I had a suspicion when you all had not trouble finding a parking place that everything might not be open. I know you would have loved to have seen the inside of the palace, and I would have loved to have seen the pictures.
We will definitely visit it when we go back. There's that, the Dole Whip plantation, the Polynesian Cultural Center and Waikiki, so we still have a lot to see on O'ahu...
We will definitely visit it when we go back. There's that, the Dole Whip plantation, the Polynesian Cultural Center and Waikiki, so we still have a lot to see on O'ahu...
Dole Whip Plantation? Now this I've gotta see.....
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I know, I'm just giving you a hard time. But really, Whip just naturally rolls right out after saying Dole. Sometimes followed by Float. I totally get that.
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I know, I'm just giving you a hard time. But really, Whip just naturally rolls right out after saying Dole. Sometimes followed by Float. I totally get that.
Enjoying this TR immensely! Too bad, I keep falling behind, but all caught up now!
Seems like a great time in Maui and your dinner at Fleetwood's looked so good! That Banyan tree is amazing and can't believe the size of it!
The Bishop Museum seemed like quite a place with so much great history of the Hawaiian Islands as well as Polynesia. Too bad your lunch there was so dreadful! But you've had pretty good luck so far, so you're bound to dine at a place that's not quite up to par!
Some nice photos of downtown Honolulu. Too bad the palace was closed. You did get some nice photos from the outside as well as the State Capital building too.
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The Bishop Museum seemed like quite a place with so much great history of the Hawaiian Islands as well as Polynesia. Too bad your lunch there was so dreadful! But you've had pretty good luck so far, so you're bound to dine at a place that's not quite up to par!
There is that... I think it's called the law of averages...
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it was all locked up, so I guess it’s closed on holidays then. Please take the signs down in that case, so you don’t confuse visitors. 
) we could see what they were trying to do with it. It’s certainly unusual, and I liked the fact you could just walk through it. Whether you can when they’re in session, I’m not sure… 
so I had no idea that they used the same building back then. Cool! 
That was a show my whole family always enjoyed, partly because it seemed so exotic.
The capitol is an interesting building. It reminds me of a building here in town that has that wind tunnel area in between the sections of the building. 
But you've had pretty good luck so far, so you're bound to dine at a place that's not quite up to par! 
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