A flowerful walk in Honolulu...New photos...Preparing a post as opposed to uploading at post...Why?
Wow! The greenery and flowers in Hawaii amazed us as we walked the streets of Honolulu taking these photos. |
Add the fact that we'll be on this island for a combined 20 days over the next several months, our plan has been to see the sites while we're on our own, as mentioned it yesterday's post. Why pay to see the city when we'll be able to grab a free or low cost bus directly outside our condo?
Many exquisite flowers bloom year round in Hawaii |
In any case, we decided to "wing it" and head off the ship for a walk in busy Honolulu, staying out for a few hours in the bright hot sun, stopping periodically to take photos.
We seldom find orange flowers but in Hawaii... |
However, the time wasn't wasted when the Hawaii I knew from 30 years ago, loomed before us with beautiful flowers growing at every turn. As our readers are aware, we both have a penchant for exquisite vegetation, particularly flowers.
Tom is thrilled to be in Hawaii. |
Tom has become my expert "flower spotter" with a keen eye at long distances, often inspiring us to continue on an otherwise unlikely path for a single photo. Yesterday, was no exception as my "overly bubbly" self squealed with delight each time we stopped for a shot.
Too far away from good scenery photos plus, taking photos of skyscrapers holds little interest finding flowers a most appropriate subject. We share these with our readers today, our favorites of the lot.
Beautiful! |
Why not purchase a higher caliber camera? The answer is simple. With constant travel, humid and hot weather conditions, we'd rather purchase a new camera every few years for the latest and best technology in a reasonable price range than cart around an expensive camera we're fearful of losing, dropping or having fall prey to rough handling and weather conditions.
This flowers so well depicts Hawaii's gorgeous colors. |
So far, we've been pleased with the photos which don't look a whole lot different than the photos we took using the Sony, minus the spots on the inside of the lens (which require I use an app to remove them). The new camera is usually a better option.
I can't recall seeing yellow hibiscus. |
Based on the time zone over the next eight months, we've found that its necessary to write each post the day prior to it being uploaded to our site. The web software allows us to upload a post at a specific date and time which we've set for 3:00 am Mountain Time.
This is the Hawaii I recall; hot, humid and hazy and gorgeous. |
Along the way in our travels over these past almost two years, we've made an attempt to ensure that readers can expect to see our posts at familiar times of the day. It may not have always been perfect but, we try. Please write to us if you have an comments or question regarding this topic
We've never seen this plant. |
First thing each morning, Tom proofreads for errors while I make the necessary corrections which may not appear corrected until after you've already read the post. Please excuse our errors. This is a reality of posting the equivalency of an essay each and every day, a perfect scenario for making errors which are easily missed by my own proofreading.
Vibrant color. |
We love cruising. We love life as homeless nomads. We're both grateful and appreciative for this life we live. Please continue to share this journey with us. We appreciate and love that you do!
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Photo from one year ago today, October 1, 2013:
Ironically, it was one year ago today, that we booked the condo in Club Intrawest in Vancouver, that we left only eight days ago to board this ship. For details from that date, please click here. |