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December 1st 2015

Published: December 25th 2015

I had never visited the North Shore prior to this day, so rented a car in Waikiki and made the short drive to check out Shark's Cove, its highly touted Shave Ice (which did not disappoint), Pipeline, Turtle Bay Resort, and whatever else I could find along that stretch of road.... Read Full Entry

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Doug Gschwind

Welcome to my travel blog. Thus far, I have shared a few of my recent trips, some highlights below : 1) Japan, Sep 2014. With the allure of a very foreign culture to me, non-English speaking, Hiroshima, Tokyo, Shinkansen (bullet trains), Tsukiji fish market, and Sumo wrestling, it was time for a two week break from life and traveled to Japan for the second half of September. Wow, what an amazing place, just loved every minute I spent there exploring. 2) On assignment in Berkeley, CA (Sep 2008 - Apr 2009). I explored the San Francisco Bay area in some detail during the weekends I was there ... full info

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Kuilima Cove

Nice beach and restaurant/bar on the left, Turtle Bay Resort on the right.

Erosion at water level

Nice looking accommodations

Nice beach area

Kuilima Cove

Wedding Pavilion

Opana Radar Site

This spot marks where radar was employed on this spot on 7 Dec 1941. The Japanese planes were first detected at 7:02am and of course the bombing of Pearl Harbor commenced just before 8am. How would things have gone down differently if that detection at 7:02am had prompted Air Raid defenses all across the island?

Opana Radar Site

This is directly beside Turtle Bay Resort, which sits just to the right of this photo

Pineapple Plants

Nice addition to the grounds at Turtle Bay Resort

Pineapple Plants

Kuilima Cove

The marine life seems to be ok with the humans in close proximity as this Seal didn't seem to care about the people not too far away.

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