1 Our location for the week, a small residence-style hotel in Waikiki, but outside the major tourist zone
2 NE view from our balcony, the Ala Wai canal at the bottom across the street from us. You can see the sky more hazy brownish the further east/right you look from the VOG drifting from Kilauea on the Big Island
3 Time to enjoy our surroundings, we spent yesterday doing something we never do, behave like tourists and wander around Waikiki 🩴🌴🌊 🏖️ 🏄♂️ The Duke Kahanamoku statue on Waikiki
4 Busy day on Waikiki near the Moana Surfrider
5 Busy day on Waikiki near the Moana Surfrider
6 Same location in front of the Moana Surfrider looking east towards Diamond Head and you can see the difference in the sky color due to the VOG
7 Colorful gecko, not sure I've seen this coloration before
8 Zigu in Waikiki for some inventive Japanese with a local twist
9 Zigu in Waikiki for some inventive Japanese with a local twist
10 Chilled tofu with a shiso, garlic chile pepper, and sesame topping
11 Snackage at the convenience store down the block from our hotel- every kind of salted-egg flavor you can imagine, and some you can't 🧂🥚
12 Time to satisfy our poke bowl cravings for lunch at this excellent hole in the wall, this is the real deal, none of that New England wannabe approximation!
13 Time to satisfy our poke bowl cravings for lunch at this excellent hole in the wall, this is the real deal, none of that New England wannabe approximation!
14 Time to satisfy our poke bowl cravings for lunch at this excellent hole in the wall, this is the real deal, none of that New England wannabe approximation!
15 Somehow, an array of amputated hands doesn't seem the best advertising for a Korean nail salon....
16 Somehow, an array of amputated hands doesn't seem the best advertising for a Korean nail salon....
17 We discovered the recently opened wine raw bar The Seaside tucked and almost hidden behind a barely open door just inside the Marine Surf Hotel
18 We discovered the recently opened wine raw bar The Seaside tucked and almost hidden behind a barely open door just inside the Marine Surf Hotel
19 Oysters from Japan and British Columbia were excellent, as was the shrimp 🦐 from Kauai and the crab 🦀 from Alaska
20 House made taro chips and artichoke dip
