The late afternoon sun over the eighteenth hole at the Dunes Golf Course at Maui Lani in Wailuku. This is the view from the Cafe O’Lei restaurant.

The Dunes in the Late Afternoon.

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Insadong Gongju

May 31, 2009 | Category: Culture, Places | Leave a Comment

We visited Insadong on the last afternoon of our tour of Korea. As we were about to get back on our bus a performance troupe began lining up to start a parade through the streets. I was able to grab a few frames of this child made up as a Korean princess before we were whisked off to our next destination. This image was taken in the mid-afternoon of November 8, 2008.

Insadong Gongju

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Diamond Head from Round Top

May 30, 2009 | Category: Places | 2 Comments

Diamond Head is on the eastern end of Waikiki. Both the crater and Waikiki are iconic emblems of Hawaii to the world. One of the best places to view Honolulu is from Round Top.

This photograph was taken last year, February 24, in the morning and is a part of a series of images of Diamond Head.

Diamond Head and Waikiki from Round Top

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I don’t know what to say about these two images taken last night.

Columns of LightColumns of Light

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This was taken February 16, 2009 at Waimanalo Beach Park for Leo’s books on conflict resolution using mediation. The Koolau Mountain Range stands in the background. Laada is a Parson Jack Russell.

Laada and Leo at Waimanalo

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Space collapsed to a tenth of a second.

Somewhere Between Tokyo and Hakone No 5

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Shokudo

April 27, 2009 | Category: Places | Leave a Comment

Lanterns draw me.

Shokudo

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Last year, on the way to Hakone, I became enraptured by how time and space collapsed as we traveled quickly along the railway.

Somewhere betwen Tokyo and Hakone No 11

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Ka’alawai Beach in the morning

April 3, 2009 | Category: Places | 2 Comments

Ka’alawai is the beach between Black Point and Diamond Head in east Honolulu. The people of Hawaii have long enjoyed the waters and fishing along this stretch of beach. Surfing is also popular here at “Brown’s Surf Spot.”

From this beach, looking east, is a view of Shangri La, the former home of heiress Doris Duke.

Shangri La on Black Point

Shangri La, an Islamic-style mansion designed by Marion Sims Wyeth, rests on 4.9-acres on Black Point. Construction began in 1937, after Doris Duke’s 1935 honeymoon which included travels throughout the Islamic world. For nearly 60 years afterwards, the heiress commissioned and collected artifacts for the house, forming a collection of about 3,500 objects.

Shangri La, now owned by the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art (DDFIA) in cooperation with the Honolulu Academy of Arts, is open to the public for tours.

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Honolulu Harbor

March 1, 2009 | Category: Places | Leave a Comment

Here are two similar views of Honolulu Harbor taken yesterday, February 28, 2009. Both views look westward from Bishop Street. One of these includes the Hawaii Superferry manuevering to dock.

The harbor was originally called “Ke Awa O Kou” by the Hawaiians (The Harbor of Kou). The harbor was named “Fair Haven” by westerners 1796, “Honolulu” in Hawaiian. A good history of the harbor can be found here.

Honolulu HarborHonolulu Harbor

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