Hawaii

thetenken wrote:And finally, the sunset from Waikiki

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Sugoi....! :applaud:


That sunset is even more awesome now that it's cold as hell here. :sweat: :bleh:

Thank you all ! :woot: :applaud:

But where are the big waves ? :mrgreen:

Big waves are on the North Shore. I think Waikiki is known for its little waves...

thetenken is right. north shore is usually where the big waves are. south shore (waikiki) is a little more timid. there are times in a year, however, that the south shore has its swells. but i don't remember it ever getting as big as the north shore (30-50 ft waves).

Yep. South shores are FLAT. ...bummer.

On another note, I was a "wall rat" back in high school until I was about 20 or so. :sweat: I was at "Walls" almost everyday. I used to like to "bomb". hehehehehe. That was fun. I quit surfing and bodyboarding. Could never get better. :beaten: :beaten: :beaten:

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Lava flow!

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2003 lava flow all over Chain of Craters Road.

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The sun!


More photos I'll put up later...

Sadly enough, another one of the unique species from Hawaii may be soon extinct because of man-brought calamities...

http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/12/01/rare.bird.ap/index.html

thetenken wrote:Sadly enough, another one of the unique species from Hawaii may be soon extinct because of man-brought calamities...

http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/12/01/rare.bird.ap/index.html

Saw that in the paper yesterday... Pretty sad. :(

i saw a newspiece about that bird too. it's really sad, since the one that they had died, and they can't find the other two!

i'll see if i can post the lava flow from where i was standing. i'm talking about as close as you are to the monitor. it was pretty awesome. heat was incredible. i was really surprised they allowed you to go so close. if you tripped or something... :notell:

Yeah, it was really noxious out there. Got right next to a cooling lava flow...

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If I had tripped and fallen, that's like 3rd degree burns all over!

thetenken wrote:Yeah, it was really noxious out there.

Yeah, when I was on the big island way back in '96, the sulfur fumes were pretty overpowering at times... And the lava flow messed up one of the roads, which kept us from visiting Hilo...

... and people still continue to build houses in that area. ok, the volcano area, is a national park, and if you ever see job openings for a park ranger or similar, working at volc nat park, there is always a 'warning' at the top of the vacancy.

basically, the warning says that long-term effects of breathing in sulfuric and volcanic ash has been inconclusive (yeah, right), and you're assuming all risks. what a job! :bonk:

Wonder how the pay is?! If it's good, then perhaps I could move to the Big Island and quit the 4 jobs I'm working on Oahu! :hehe:

aho: i doubt if you would want to work there. would rina want you coming home every night smelling like volcanic ash?? (or anybody else's ash, for that matter). :shakehead:

AHAHAHAHAHA. You have a point there! :hehe: :hehe: :hehe:

I don't want Rina to think that I was fooling around with anyone elses' stinky 'ash' :hehe: :hehe: :hehe:

I'd like to have a list of all Japanese female stars who are single :mrgreen:

ok, here's a test. my first time uploading pics - so bear with me.

when i visited the big island, i was pretty lucky in that kilauea was going off at the time. thetenken, the next time you go, see if you can visit it at night - the scene is unbelievable.

i don't believe i used zoom in any of these pics, so you can imagine how close you can get to the lava flow. although the heat was so intense, you kept a safe distance anyways.... :sweat:

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Xavio wrote:I'd like to have a list of all Japanese female stars who are single :mrgreen:

Huh???

Um, you're way off topic Chuckles.


Increase med dosage.

jholic wrote:ok, here's a test. my first time uploading pics - so bear with me.

when i visited the big island, i was pretty lucky in that kilauea was going off at the time. thetenken, the next time you go, see if you can visit it at night - the scene is unbelievable.

i don't believe i used zoom in any of these pics, so you can imagine how close you can get to the lava flow. although the heat was so intense, you kept a safe distance anyways.... :sweat:

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Awesome.

Totally awesome. :woot:

Yep awesome :woot:

But it seems to be dangerous to take these pictures.

Can we see lava flow everyday on Hawai ?