July 12 -- Diamond Head hike!

We hiked Diamond Head State Park! We left at 6:15am to avoid crowds and the hot midday sun, and a good thing too because at 6:30am the park was busy and it was already warming up. The hike was moderately strenuous to the first set of 74 steep stairs, then a 225ft dark tunnel, followed by 99 more steep steps and another tunnel, then 54 metal spiral stairs to the old fire control station. From there, it was a relatively short hike to the summit. The view was incredible! View the pictures here.

Being our last day on O'ahu, we went to the Oceanarium for lunch. It is a restaurant that features a 280,000-gallon, three-story aquarium, with the tables situated all along the thick aquarium walls. Unfortunately it was Sunday so they only served a buffet. It wasn't bad, but not really what we had been hungry for. Oh well. We weren't very lucky when it came to restaurants. We were really looking forward to the korean bbq we used to go to -- no longer there, then we wanted to eat at our favorite North Shore burger joint -- no longer there, then the Thai place we loved was gone also. To be positive, I guess we can say we found a new chicken place (Koala Moa) and that what we did eat was generally pretty tasty. :)