I actually brought my camera to the beach.
The water is really this blue. The Hawaiian archipelago was created by volcanos in the middle of the pacific ocean. There is nothing else around but deep blue sea.
Not sure how much of the sand is natural and how much is brought in. Either way, a budding sandcastle designer was busy at work.
The resort has a number of interesting pools, biggest is the swim with dolphins. They were very active and busy.
Yup, the tail is similar to the fluke of a whale, probably because they are closely related.
There were turtles, manta rays and rainbow fish, but I never took a picture of them. We went on a snorkel and sail, didn’t bring my camera. Some things are best seen and hopefully remembered. The nice thing is that 20 years ago there weren’t many sea turtles – today there are an abundance of them on all the islands.
Many resorts have the lobby wide open to the breezes, which means that avian visitors have no problem hoping on the tables.
Hawaii is a destination for wedding from Japan, there were probably 25 brides on the resort, I only captured a few. Walking in all those layers of tule and petticoats isn’t easy! This little girl was fascinated of course.
Unfortunately this bride got caught in the rain, I would have loved to see the whole dress, looks like some interesting beading.
Sunset with fisherman, look closely under the palm tree, he’s there.