Friday, August 2, 2013

The color may say it all!  You guessed it!  It's called, "Black Point."  A lava rock peninsula jutting off of Diamond Head, it was known as "Kupikipikio" to the Hawaiians.  If you look south of the Diamond Head lookout, this is the sight you will see.

Further to the left is this "walkway."  Made of lava rock with waves crashing on it, I don't think that I would like to explore this area!  HaHa!

Yes, I'm switching areas again to the southeast and near Kahala.   Only residential homes are what I came into contact with. The X's are areas that I couldn't walk due to a locked gate. This is a "cliffy" spot and although I only garnered 3.17 miles for today, it was an up and down exercise! 

For example, here is one part of my journey.  What goes down, must come up!  The waves were cranking and the views helped to motivate me while walking.  The most renown resident was the wealthiest woman in the United States, Doris Duke.  Her home, "Shangri-La" is now offered as a tour from the "Honolulu Museum of Art," for a nominal fee, of course!  Duke Kahanamoku swam in her pool training for the Olympics.

A reflective, glass, garage door made a tranquil view!  Hey!  There's a "Walking Hawaiian" in there too!  HaHa!


I have to add these in my "beautiful gates" collection!  I thought that the 3-D take on the first gate added interest.  The flower, I think is called, "Cup of Gold," and it does seem to be that color!

The second gate had a REAL ship's steering wheel, which was encased in glass!  But what I really liked was the interesting shadows the gate created.  Make sure to double click to enlarge the picture and study the driveway before the gate.  Totally Cool!!

Whoa!  Somebody has a lot of green garbage!  Isn't there a limit?  Maybe this is the "community" pick-up area and everyone needs to put their garbage here?  What do you think?

Do you remember in a previous blog,  I told you that "Hawaiian TelCom" was once known as "Mutual Telephone Company," and I showed you the original building in downtown Honolulu?  These cover plates are the last vestiges of the original name of the Hawaiian Telephone Company (M.T.Co.), and older neighborhoods may still have them around.  Well, I found this off of Kahala Ave. on my walk today.  Tell me if you find any in your neighborhood!  A Hui Hou! (Until we meet again!)

3 comments:

  1. I really enjoyed the pictures from this walk. Especially the first one. Its a gorgeous point! Lol! I also like gate with ship's steering wheel. That was interesting and something you do not see everyday. A lot of interesting facts I learned as well. Thanks! :)
    -CAS

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  2. Thank you for the compliments and the comments. The things that I learn and see keeps this journey fascinating. Although not everyday comes up with "gems," that is how it is in life too, no?

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  3. Rubbish cans looks like they all get the same stuffs, all from one yard!

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