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February 16, 2015
Six Days Out of Hawaii — Port Angeles, Washington
Port Angeles
Departure from the Hawaiian Islands was on May 3, and MS Oosterdam arrived into Port Angeles in Washington State six days later. Many people ask, “Don’t you get bored on sea days?” Heck, no! There is a lot of stuff to do on a cruise ship while you’re days between ports of call. Ursula enjoys reading. I like to play bridge. We also enjoy watching the movies, going to the shows, attending cooking classes, socializing with new friends, and generally partaking in the dozens of other a...
February 13, 2015
Fun Photo Friday — Kauai
Waimea Canyon Panoramic
In today’s Fun Photo Friday I present some of my favorite shots of Kauai. Hope you enjoyed the journey, and please read the little exposé at the end.
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By the way, if you’re reading this and other material authored by me on The Destinary website, this post was not “Posted on (fill in the date) | By destinary” as they’ve been erroneously claiming; this material was in fact reposted. The Destinary have also been claiming the right to do so, without li...
February 12, 2015
Intellectual Property Theft? You Decide!
There is a website that has lately taken a liking to my travel-related posts. So much so that they’ve been using an automated skimmer and reposting them, taking credit for the post, and not linking back to my blog. If not for the copyright notice on my photos you would think I was working for these people under the name “R. Doug” — no last name given, no website indicated, no working link back to my website. Nothing. What you do see, as an example from their reposting of my Waimea Canyon blog...
February 11, 2015
Waimea Canyon, Kauai
Waimea Canyon
By Grand Canyon standards Waimea Canyon may seem rather puny, but by Pacific island standards it’s gigantic. Yes, the Grand Canyon is 277 miles/446 kilometers long, 18 miles/29 kilometers wide, and some 6,000 feet/1,800 meters deep, but Waimea Canyon is still impressive. Waimea Canyon measures 10 miles/16 kilometers in length and is half as deep as the Grand Canyon — 3,000 feet/900 meters.
Waimea Canyon
Besides, Waimea is actually green. The Grand Canyon can’t make that claim.
Waime...
February 9, 2015
Kauai — Almost Rhymes with “Hawaii”
Pilot boat approaching MS Oosterdam in Nawiliwili Bay, Kauai
Our final Hawaiian Islands stop was on Saturday, May 3, in the Kauai port of Nawiliwili. But we weren’t destined to spend much time here, as Ursula had us scheduled for yet another excursion.
Nawiliwili Bay, Kauai
After we docked Ursula and I headed out to join up with our tour group. From there we boarded our tour bus and headed first to the Koloa district for a view of the famous Spouting Horn, which didn’t disappoint too badly despi...
February 6, 2015
Fun Photo Friday — Lovely Lahaina
February 4, 2015
Walking Downtown Lahaina
February 2, 2015
Arriving to Lahaina, Maui
January 30, 2015
Fun Food Friday — The Hawaiian Shrimp Truck in Your Kitchen
January 28, 2015
What We Ate on that Food Tour of Oahu
So now that we’ve tempted you by mentioning all that food we ate on tour, here’s something to really make your mouth water. We’ll start with those malasadas from Agnes’ Portuguese Bake Shop:
Malasada
But those are not all that Agnes had to offer:
Agnes’ other delights
After our appetizer it was time for a little roast pork and poi from the Waiahole Poi Factory:
Roast pork meal
Poi
Ted’s Bakery was next, where we dined on garlic shrimp (my version of this recipe on Friday) washed down with island bee...
