(tt) We had a quick brekky at the Ala Moana...much more downmarket than The Pineapple Room... it was a fry up in the Food Hall.
The we waited for the bus to take us to the old township of Haleiwa. It was a two hour trip with an unscheduled transfer in some dreary dump with only a Subway and Pizza Hut to choose from. We chose neither.
Here is the bus en route. All the locals went to sleep as soon as they sat down
including this Hawaiian prince
I thought that once we got out of Lulu we'd head up the mountains by a green road with plantations and falling waters and frolicking natives in grass skirts. But it's industrial, freeway and dense housing almost all the way to Haleiwa.
Here are some grabs of the journey
Pineapple crowns!
Haleiwa. This looks a bit like the Ettamogah pub!
Leadlight $170
We had lunch from this shrimp van.
A scampi and a hot & spicy please! Hot is not the word. I shall suffer in the morning.
The place was packed with Japanese tourists who must be led there by their predecessors
The last stop on the "Priscilla" tour
Sheldon arrives for his dressing room allocation
We headed off down the road to escape a bevy of fat leathered bong heads who were once hippie children
This is a created village of shops to fleece the honkies
An estate agent . A huge elevated road was just behind
A local artist's gallery
These were making restful sounds in the breeze. The passing traffic wasn't.
These would have been flower childrens' homes with subsistence gardens or fields of dope!
Heading to find a beach
This is it. Sheldon had not been in the sea since 1832
We were waiting for another bus to take us back to Lulu when we met this sixty something gent taking photos of this house across from the beach. He had lived there in 1976 after sailing a boat from Seattle to Hawaii and ending up here running a roofing business. He said the place had hardly changed at all.
Shots from the bus on the return . This road is two lane and offers lots of great views most of which I was too late to get. Loads of school kids and locals hopped on and off.
Lurleen and Carleen from sberbn Strylyah were quick to dismiss Turtle Cove Resort. "Just a motel by the sea, love"
Took us 2 hours to get back and the road went up and through the mountains. Great day had by both to be followed by a slap up at a new Italian restaurant at the Hilton.
Mr. Taylor and Mr. Sheldon,
ReplyDeleteI hope this isn't strange/creepy—I'm a fan of Mr. Sheldon's and recently came across your blog. I've lived in NYC for 12+ years but I was born and raised in Honolulu and go back a few times a year. Reading your blog has been a joy—getting to see the places I love through fresh eyes (my family has a beach house in Haleiwa!).
Not sure how much longer you'll be in Honolulu, and you've probably received a ton of recommendations and have obviously done some planning on your own, but there are some lesser-known sites that may be of interest to you both:
The amazingly opulent Doris Duke's Shangri La house is worth a tour (and once you learn more about it and how it came together, you'll be even more amazed): http://www.shangrilahawaii.org/
Ticketing info here: http://www.honoluluacademy.org/385-about_shangri_la
I'm not sure how to get there on the bus but it's certainly walkable (by New York City standards, of course) from Waikiki. I see that you walked to Diamond Head the other day and you'd just continue on that road up and around Diamond Head. It's probably three to four miles total from Waikiki.
You also may enjoy a tour of Iolani Palace in Downtown Honolulu http://www.iolanipalace.org/ which is not far from Waikiki and definitely accessible by bus. It's also walkable from Ala Moana.
There's also the Queen Emma Summer Palace (called a "Palace" but much, MUCH smaller than one would think), located in the picturesque Nu'uanu Valley http://www.queenemmasummerpalace.org/ which is also accessible by bus.
And as for food options in Ala Moana Center, if you liked the Pineapple Room, try Mariposa in Neiman Marcus, and the Mermaid Bar, also in Neiman Marcus. There's also the Nordstrom Marketplace Café (in Nordstrom), which is surprisingly good and very casual. And if you have any interest in delicious, cheap, casual Japanese/local Hawaii take-away food, I recommend checking out the top floor of Shirokiya (a Japanese department store across from Macy's).
Wishing you safe and adventure-filled travels! And looking forward to seeing what's next for the both of you!
Warmest regards,
Katie Baker
kzhbaker@mac.com
Dear Katie Thanks for the tips. We are going to do D.Dukes tomorrow xx tt
ReplyDeleteLol @ lurleen and carleen !!! I love the random kath and Kim's you run into over there... Some greats shots being taken btw ... xx
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