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Monthly Archive May, 2008

Bayview Beach - a secluded North Shore Oahu beach

Bayview Beach is one of Oahu’s North Shore reef beaches. It is located right next to the Turtle Bay Resort. The beach is secluded and without any amenities. Also, swimming isn’t so good here because of the coral reef. Still it is a nice place to chill out and escape the crowds. You will find […]

Kahuku Beach - a secluded North Shore Oahu beach

Kahuku Beach is located next to Kahuku Golf Course and the only way to get to the beach is to cross the golf course. Upppsss… sorry golfers to disturb your game Once you get to Kahuku Beach, you will see there is not much here. The only people who usually go here are fishermen. […]

Turtle Bay sunsets, North Shore, Oahu

Sense of tropical sunsets….

Hawaiian vog (volcanic smog)

You think Hawaii is always sunny and blue? Well, you are wrong. Hawaii can be pretty gray too, especially when under vog (volcanic smog). Occasionally, the volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii produces volcanic smog, which gets blown all the way to Oahu and Kauai. In days like that the air is very hazy […]

Ola Restaurant at the Turtle Bay Resort, Oahu

Address:
57-91 Kamehameha Hwy
Kahuku, HI 96731
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Ola Restaurant is located at Turtle Bay Resort on Oahu’s North Shore. The restaurant is located right on the Turtle Bay beach between the hotel and Bayview Beach. Ola’s welcomes both hotel guests and visitors. Below you can see some pictures of Ola’s I took this weekend.

The entrance

Hang Ten Beach Bar at Turtle Bay Resort, Oahu

Address:
57-91 Kamehameha Hwy
Kahuku, HI 96731
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The Hang Ten Beach Bar, located at Turtle Bay Resort, is one of my favorite places on the island to chill. This bar is located right on the Turtle Bay beach next to the resort’s pool.

During the weekends it may get pretty crowded as you can see.

If you are a […]

Kahuku Golf Course, Oahu

Are you a golfer?? If yes, you may want to check out this!
Kahuku Golf Course is located at:
56-501 Kamehameha Hwy,
Kahuku, HI 96731 (view map)
(808) 293-5842
And here are some pictures of the Kahuku Golf Course.

And this is it! Sorry, not much shade on the Kahuku Golf Course, but if you don’t mind the sun, you might […]

Famous Giovanni’s Kahuku Shrimp, Oahu

And finally we arrived at the famous Kahuku Shrimp track - Giovanni’s

Truly some of the best shrimp I have ever had! Every time I am on the North Shore of Oahu, I stop by.

I also signed it

Lunch tables

We are ordering one lemon & butter shrimp and one garlic shrimp (scampi).

Mmmmm… yammy!

Giovanni’s restrooms are right […]

A day at Hanauma Bay – a story with photos

Today Ina and I decided to go to Hanauma Bay. In fact, this is the first time that I actually visited Hanauma Bay, although I have been on Oahu for more than 4 years already.
So we took bus number 22 from Waikiki and in no time we were at Hanauma Bay. When we arrived we […]

The beaches of Waikiki photos

Waikiki Beach is actually made of several smaller beaches. I took photos from different perspectives of the beaches of Waikiki and I post them here.