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Ka'anapali Beach at Whaler's Village.
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Sunset view of Lanai from our restaurant (Leilani's On The Beach restaurant) in Ka'anapali
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A catamaran brings tourists back to shore
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FINALLY: the mother-daugher reunion picture, Leilani's On The Beach restaurant, Kaanapali, 12/6/08. Mom's first trip back to Hawaii since leaving in 1976.
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This is a shot of a beautiful painting in the window of Dolphin Galleries Art Store in Whaler's Village
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Back to Oahu: a gourd or calabash tree (?) sighted in someone's yard near a 7-11
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Our "homecoming tour" included some Barack Obama sites too :-). Here is Punahou School
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"Over the pali" to Kailua, where the Obama family will vacation later this month.
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These folks have quite a view in Kailua
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We were on Oahu on Dec. 7th and so we had to pay our respects at Pearl Harbor
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The Arizona Memorial. The building is oriented perpendicular to the wreck below it. See http://www.nps.gov/archive/usar/photos2/PC-44720.htm
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The skiff that takes visitors out to the memorial
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The anchor of the USS Arizona
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Pearl Harbor navy ships at sunset
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Flag at half mast the USS Arizona Memorial visitor center
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The USS Bowfin Submarine Museum and Memorial.
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Leaving Oahu for the Big Island, Kapalama Basin and Honolulu Harbor below
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Waikiki from the air and heading southeast
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Out over Diamond Head crater
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Diamond Head
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