I’m back with the requisite mainlander pink sunburn, 6 days in Hawaii did me good, we stayed in the North shore, which is mainly untouched, unlike the crowded skyrises of Japanese/tourist owned Honolulu.
To unplug was good, but I’m still going to slowly wade back to shore (aka reality). Mentally, I’m still floating in the blue azul sea, I guess the vacation wasn’t long enough.
I’m not the only one that’s distancing themselves from the conversation, so expect me to slowly return to normal, if at all.
But, in the meantime I wanted to share some of the photos I took from the vacation, all are untouched raw photos from the Nokia N95 camera phone. Please note that I test social media products, and this one was given to me from a fellow analyst, which I have since given away.
Update: We stayed at Gigi’s rentals, in these beach cottages, (specifically this one Gigi’s Ocean Paradise) very affordable, less than a hotel. See Google Map, it’s the cottage, not the large complex. It’s nice to shop for you own food at the local supermarkets, getting fresh seafood and wine/beer, and not spending ridiculous amounts of money on food.
View from Hau’ula, Oahu’s Quiet and Rural North Shore, this was my daily morning view….sigh
Gentle sway, rustles in the wind
Warm sunrises
Every morning, the sand crabs dug ‘fans’…
…and mounds
Seclusion
Clean morning air
Tracks of a giant sea turtle
Where we stayed, our private beach
Kayak
Private Beach
Surfboards in Kawailoa, the Surfing Capital of the World
Matsumoto’s famous shaved ice
Giovanni’s Shrimp Truck
The shrimp is raised in local shrimp farms, very fresh. We brought our own beer
Peacock in Waimea Valley
Lifeguard tower at Bonsai Pipeline
Bonzai Pipeline
Silhouette
Kailua Bay
Buoys
Fragrant
Beach Cottage
Hey jeremiah,
Glad to see you had an awesome vacation. My girlfriend and I are headed to Kapolei on Sunday for 5 days. After seeing your photos, I cannot wait.
Hope all is well.
Welcome home Jeremiah. Glad to see you were enjoying some quality down time. Your vacation photos look fantastic! The Nokia N95 picture quality is remarkable.
@dmitrigunn
Jeremiah- very nice. takes me back…
Hey Jeremiah, welcome back!
Glad you had a great time.
North Shore is one of my favorite places.
An exhilarating feeling is to wade out into the surf on the North Shore, on what appears to be a calm day. Once you are out in the open water, it’s a whole other story.
Welcome back Jeremiah! Pictures look amazing…definitely putting Hawaii on my list of vacation spots.
Jeremiah,
You should trade Gigi’s Rentals vacation time for a web site update. I am sure you could pull out some made HTML skills and give that site a little refresh.
Giovanni’s…. Love that place and like Frank, I am happy to see it is still there (I enjoyed their shrimps back in 1999). Welcome back.
Gorgeous photos! I’m dying for a vacation 🙂 The color of the water are amaaaazing. Thanks for sharing!
Wow… I want to go there!
Amazing photos. Shame that the N95’s type of noise reduction turns photos into watercolor paintings. If they would have chosen to use a Gaussian instead of a Median filter, the photos would have looked more natural at full size.
Although I’m a SonyEricsson fan, i should admit that N95 is a very sharp shooter….
Came across your blog since I was looking for reviews on Gigi’s Paradise cottages, specifically the one that you might have stayed in. I was wondering if you might tell us your honest opinion of the unit (cottage A4) – was it clean, comfy. Some of the reviews I have read regarding the complex (Pat’s at Punaluu) have not been complimentary, i.e. sewer smell in the parking lot, dirty units, etc. The pictures on Gigi’s website tell a different story though. We aren’t necessarily expecting the Four Seasons here but it would be nice to know that the cottage is clean and comfortable.
Thanks for your input.
So beautiful Jeremiah – I spent 10 days there at xmas… makes me feel relaxed already looking at your photos 🙂
Wow! What a wonderful place! You really had a great time. I've never been in Hawaii.
The photos jut proved that Hawaii is like just like a paradise.
Do you have the full picutre of Beach Cottage, I stayed in the cottage, but cant find a good quality pic on my camera to put it on a canvas for my wifes birthday.
Do you the beach cottage picture still, I need the full pixel version, i tried to just save this one, but it says it does not have enough pixels to put on canvas