| 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, 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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Fae Yamaguchi
Like how you have such up to date announcements on Twitter! I’d actually like to see the time of day you took the shot too.
evillaluz
This image was made on March 9, at about 10:11 AM. It was a very nice day.
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