Showing posts with label Hawaii. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hawaii. Show all posts

Thursday, January 21, 2016

Honolulu Zoo

Autumn spent her day getting poked and prodded at the dentist and doctor and Kylie and I got to have a fun visit to the Honolulu Zoo! (With the exception of the monstrous peacocks that terrorize the lunch cafeteria! I warned Kylie that they would be to scary - just like last time, but ultimately the scent of deep fried chicken strips was too much for her to resist, and tearful screams ensued!)

 Orchids

 Welcome to the zoo

 Tranquil morning

 Turts

 A roaring lion!

 Aloha!

 My turn!

 #tropicalflowers

 In bloom

 Fun morning

Bye-bye penguins

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Back to Honolulu

As usual, we had a few days in Honolulu before flying back to Majuro. A few wonderful days of the big city, great restaurants, sun, swimming pools, and fun!

 A very exciting whale statue at SeaTac!

 Ready for touristing fun

 Rainbow in the valley

 Ladies manicure day

 Big city buildings! 
(I'm going to miss these!)

 Looking down from our deluxe penthouse in the sky!

 Ok! Let's swim!

 Oooh! It's cold! 
(compared to the equator!)

 JUMP!

 Hee hee hee!

 Now I'll take YOUR picture dad!

We're probably the only visitors here who prefer the non-ocean view!

Sunday, November 8, 2015

Honolulu

Honolulu is really becoming our second home base this year! We spent a day of "rest" between flights filling up our cooler with goodies for the coming months, shopping and eating at restaurants before heading back to Majuro.

 Let's race!

 A single rain cloud downpour

 Yummy Japanese baked goodies at Kulu Kulu

 Jumping practice at the pool

 SPLASH!

 Time for lunch

 Tonkatsu sandwich at Tonkatsu Ginza Bairin
OISHIII!

 Another carousel!

 Goodnight Honolulu

 Back to the Marshalls

 Getting closer

Ready to land!

Friday, July 31, 2015

July Instagram ++ Round Up

July was a fun, busy month.  Here are some highlights from Instagram (@autumnk0) and beyond!

Why must it rain like this???

 Tomato on the vine, pre-storm.  The storm messed up our garden somewhat.  We were able to get our plants to shelter before they were killed by the high winds, but it wasn't before they sustained some pretty serious damage.  Hopefully, they will make a full recovery.

Local fish and chips.  An excellent selection at the local restaurant.

During the storm Majuro's purse seiner fleet dropped anchorage in the central part of Majuro's lagoon in order to avoid damage.  It was an eerie sight seeing their lights out there while the lagoon churned around us.

Island sunrise.

And the lagoon is back to normal.

Here's a highlight from a tour I took of the local coconut oil processing plant.  That's a lot of oil...

 Hibiscus in bloom in Hawaii.
Yes, this.

Thank you for tucking Hello Kitty in, housekeeping!

This is Hula Pie.  For future reference.

Pink champagne.  I just love it.

Okay, I may have a fancy sunglasses problem, as evidenced by my new (awesome) Prada shades.

Fish and eggs for breakfast at Nico's on Pier 38 was amazing.  Who would have thought??

Serious ramen.

This is the Cadillac of all tonkatsu.  It's the super exclusive, only 25 orders served daily, $36 plate of tonkatsu from Tonkatsu Ginza Bairin.   It was excellent, but so was the much cheaper sandwich.

The tomatillo plant has mended enough to begin fruiting.  I cannot wait.

Horizon on fire.