Sun. Nov. 22, 2009

On Sunday we chose to attend the Waialae Kahola Chapel which was located not far from the Diamond Head Crater. Helmut had jogged from our hotel to the chapel on Sat. morning to see exactly where it was. It wasn't all that far but very up and down hill. He had visited with a brother who was there for some reason. So we drove there on Sun. and when we arrived the sister that was in the lower area met us and asked if Helmut was the jogger.

The pomello fruit was in a tree in the adjacent yard to the parking lot. I wondered what would happen to a car if one of those fruits fell on it.

The people were very friendly with us and made us feel right at home.

Some of the young people were staying at the chapel for lunch and to practice some music. They invited us to have lunch with them.

The elderly man is a retired missionary from
Japan.

This chapel was right beside the main highway that took us to the airport where we met up with Jim and Myrna and waited around for our flight to Kona.

Waimea Valley - Botanical Garden and Water Fall - Sat. Nov. 21, 2009

When driving around with Jim and Myrna on Fri. we had seen on the map this place but couldn't find it along our way. So Sat. Helmut and I went back and found it- the sign was very small. We enjoyed a fairly long walk through the gardens to the falls. We had some showers along the way. I have a love of flowers as we took many pictures. At the moment I can't locate the folder that has the names and pictures of so many of the flowers. So just enjoy looking at them.

















































































































The bird is a White-rumped Shama. It is well known for it's beautiful singing. This one was certainly going strong with the singing this afternoon. It was very close to where I was resting for a little while.












































We were told the falls was about 40 ft. high and that the pool was about 30 ft. deep. We weren't prepared to go swimming.

Dole Poneapple Plantation Nov. 21. 2009

Every time I use this handy-dandy tool to slice and core a pineapple it reminds me of our visit to the Dole Pineapple Plantation in the middle of Oahu, HI. We purchased the tool in the store there at the plantation. a lady demonstrated how to use it and we were sold on it right away. It is not fussy - it will slice and core any pineapple whether it is a "Dole" or a "Delmonte" grown in Hi or some where in central America.













These are pictures from the plantation. There was a little train which took us around the whole plantation with information all along the way about the cultivation of the pineapple.

We were impressed with the very colorful tree that I am standing next to. According to a book we have it might be the Bagras eucalyptus.

There are various types of pineapples but only one type is grown for market in HI. We had the opportunity to sample some and then we bought one right there and took it along to eat during the week that we were there. Bringing one back to Canada was not allowed.

The soil is so red because it is very rich in iron which is very good for the pineapple cultivation.