Should you ever get to Hawaii I would certainly recommend taking a tour with Oahu Photography Tours which is run by a lovely bloke called Alex. (He’s the cool dude sitting on the fence btw).
He get’s 5 stars on TripAdvisor and it’s easy to see why. He’s incredibly enthusiastic, very knowledgable about cameras and all thing Hawaii, and aware of good spots to take people. I’d booked for an all day trip but he couldn’t fulfil it as I was the only one. However, he rearranged another group to suit me (they were delightful and brought a very large cool box which they were generous with) and we managed to tootle about the south and east coasts. The weather wasn’t good – a southerly wind meant it was very cloudy in places but it was a great way to see the differing landscapes of Oahu . Looking at Alex’s useful 3D map, we were in the bottom right hand quarter.
We started on Tantalus, a hill looking over Honolulu.
Then north and east up and through the right hand mountainous spine (on the H3, the most expensive piece of motorway anywhere apparently) before visiting a working replica of a temple in Japan
before heading past the hills,
to a variety of beaches, first for colours:
and second for surfing (and fishing),
before focussing on the rockier sides of the coast,
and finishing by watching the sun set looking towards Diamond Head while a frigate bird swooped above us..
Massive fun and extremely useful on the camera front too – here’s a shot of me keeping well away from cliff edge’s where I took the fingers of rock and the road pic.
Just beyond the furthest away finger is the the cove where Burt Lancaster lay in the surf in From Here to Eternity. Tick!
And finally, since Alison wants shots of everyday life here’s a bus stop (they’re all like this). On the buses themselves there are cords to pull and drivers who prevent people getting on until others have got off. Shades of Bermuda!
Andy says:
looks fab, have you tried the surfing yet – Broons Hawaii Big 5-0
February 7, 2017 — 12:48 am
Andrew says:
Very good!
February 7, 2017 — 1:27 pm
Claire says:
Great shots Andrew!
February 7, 2017 — 8:46 am
Mandy says:
That’s more like it – some wonderful pics.
February 7, 2017 — 10:10 am