Day 2; Manoa Falls and Diamond Head

On Thursday morning everyone was getting ready for the hike to Manoa Falls. The list was full and I was wishing I had signed up when the list was empty. Well, a girl said she couldn't go because she needed to find a job. So I asked to go, and went.

we put on bug repellent and headed up the one and a half mile hike to the falls.

The greenery reminded me of Jurassic park. It was so green and thick

From left to right; Corrie(Portland)Lars(Sweden)girl from Brooklyn, Harry (Aus.)guy thats going to work on ships, McKenzie(here for school)Me

above: After the hike we drove up to Diamond Head. This is a view of Waikiki.
below: picture of Ala Wai canal. plan to skate it tomorrow. I took this pic because the view was great and I wanted to include the unique phone booth.

Above: Kalakaua blvd. The street that runs along the beach. This was Valentines day and lots of couples were walking the blvd. I watched a few street performers and went to bed early.Things I learned today: people from outside the U.S. take long holidays,as long as 10 months. ;I still have Asian hair and style envy; and Hawai'i really has a lot of aloha.

Kalākaua also built ʻIolani Palace, the only royal palace that exists on American soil today, at a cost of $350,000—an unheard of sum at the time. Many of the furnishings in the palace were ordered by Kalākaua while he was in Europe. King Kalākaua is said to have wanted to build a Polynesian Empire. In 1886, legislature granted the government $30,000 for the formation of a Polynesian confederation. The King sent representatives to Sāmoa, where Malietoa Laupepa agreed to a confederation between the two kingdoms. This confederation did not last very long, however, since King Kalākaua lost power the next year to the Bayonet Constitution, and thus a reformist party came into power that ended the alliance.