Hey, that’s what they called it in the brochure.  It was your standard circumnavigation of Oahu kinda deal.  It was an all day affair and a 120 mile round trip.  Actually, quite nice.  It was good to be out of the city and see some of the Hawaiian back country for sure.  Here’s the first part of the trip in pictures:

That would be the Pacific ocean near Diamond Head…

This would be one of the more popular attractions on Oahu, Hanauma Bay.  Here’s a nice little video of the area.

I hear it’s a great place to snorkel…

…and has a nice sandy beach.

Seeing as how we were driving along the coast of an island, I took a fair number of ocean shots.  The ocean didn’t seem to mind at all.

Now this beach may look familiar to you.  It was where the famous beach scene in the film “From Here to Eternity” was shot.  Remember?

Now you do…

Yes, the ocean has many moods.

You see more beaches like this one with lava flows than you do with sand…

If you look closely you can see the lighthouse at the Makapu’u Lookout, which I believe is the southern-most point on the island…

Then we drove up into the mountains to the Nu’uanu Pali lookout  for outstanding vistas like this one.  There was a battle here in 1795 which ended with the defeated warriors being thrown from the cliff face.  Read about it here.

This is on the windward side of the island.  And the breeze was stiff to be sure…

It was an Oahu, Hawaii mountain high.  Although it wasn’t raining fire in the sky…

Those would be the tunnels we drove through to get to the mountain top.

And now I’ve got to get ready for a wedding.  We’ll continue our island tour soon, ok?