Hearts in Hawai'i
Our Trip to Hawai'i (2007)--Day 6
4/28/2007
Tantalus Drive/Nu`uanu Pali Overlook
Up and at 'em a little later today; we were out the door at 8:45 for a drive up to Tantalus Drive, finding two outstanding locations to take pics above Honolulu. The road up Round Top Drive below the Puu Ualakaa Park was still blocked, a result of the extremely heavy rains suffered in Hawaii 14 months ago which caused landslides in this area. Spoke with a guy during our stop at Puu Ualakaa who said the local government and State Of Hawaii are in a dispute over who should repair the roadway, so nothing is happening on Round Top at any decent speed. He also warned us to be careful at the parking lot as the area is preyed upon by addicts...Ice (Methamphetamine) is a big problem here.
Weather conditions were partly sunny and very windy (as it always seems to be) at the Nuuanu Pali Lookout. We hiked down the Old Pali Road for about a mile; a good leg workout coming back up the trail! Hard to imagine that, at one time, this was how you once got over the Ko`olau Mountains from the Nuuanu Valley to the windward side of Oahu. That must have been some kind of thrill ride. After completing our brief hike, we departed the lookout, heading over the Kamehameha Highway and then taking the H-3 south through the Wilson Tunnel back into Honolulu. What an amazingly engineered highway the H-3 is. Fantastic.
View of Honolulu from Puu Ualakaa State Park
Nu`uanu Pali
Pali Trail
View of Windward O`ahu
Not sure which golf course--Koolau?
Buca di Beppo
Today was Patty's birthday, so we drove over to the Ward Entertainment Center for dinner at Buca di Beppo, arguably the best Italian eatery known to man. A quick note about the portions here; they are huge! Most dishes come in two sizes Buca Large (serving four or more people) and Buca Small (serving two people). We shared a Caesar Salad and garlic bread, which in themselves are nearly a meal. Patty had the Spicy Arrabbiata Pizza and I had the Penne Arrabbiata; both were outstanding. We rolled out of there completely stuffed with tons of leftovers for tomorrow.
Driving back from Buca was a royal pain as part of Kalakaua Avenue was closed due to Spam Jam (can you believe this event actually has a website?!), an annual festival held in Waikiki. Ewa-bound traffic was mostly diverted to Ala Wai Boulevard and Diamond Head-bound traffic was funneled onto Kuhio Avenue, which was the direction we were crawling. An approximately four mile drive took well over an hour to complete.
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