Fishing and Waikiki

On Sunday Dianne and I went to the relatively new fishing village set up on one of the piers just south of downtown Honolulu. We didn't get there until about noon, so the boats were quiet and the warehouse was just cleaning up from putting the catch on ice. Nevertheless, it was fun to walk around the docks.

There was quite a spectrum of boats docked at the pier. Some were in good shape and others were in need of some paint. Some of the crews were working hard and others were together having some beers. I don't know how much fishing activity there was since the rough seas have kept many boats docked. An article in yesterday's Star Bulletin talked about the high price of Ahi due to the limited fishing possible in the last few days.

After visiting the market, we went down to the Waikiki area to look around a bit. Even though it was a cloudy day, the beach was packed! In front of the public beach near the Fort DeRussy area, there is a rock wall built out into the ocean. It's the perfect spot for a view of the beach. The photo to the right is a view looking towards the Waikiki hotels and the Diamond Head crater. I also made a panorama photo of the entire beach view. You can see that on Flickr here. With Photoshop, I used that panorama to make a 'planet' of the Waikiki beach. That's the shot below.