{"id":2431,"date":"2008-04-18T16:30:56","date_gmt":"2008-04-18T23:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.web-strategist.com\/blog\/2008\/04\/18\/photoblog-and-paradise-was-nice\/"},"modified":"2008-07-18T20:40:34","modified_gmt":"2008-07-19T03:40:34","slug":"photoblog-and-paradise-was-nice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/2008\/04\/18\/photoblog-and-paradise-was-nice\/","title":{"rendered":"Photoblog: And Paradise was Nice"},"content":{"rendered":"

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. <\/p>\n

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. <\/p>\n

I’m not the only one that’s distancing themselves from the conversation<\/a>, so expect me to slowly return to normal, if at all. <\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Update: We stayed at Gigi’s rentals, in these beach cottages<\/a>, (specifically this one Gigi’s Ocean Paradise<\/a>) very affordable, less than a hotel. See Google Map<\/a>, 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.<\/p>\n


\n\"Oahu<\/a>
\nView from Hau’ula, Oahu’s Quiet and Rural North Shore, this was my daily morning view….sigh<\/p>\n

\"Waving\"<\/a>
\nGentle sway, rustles in the wind<\/p>\n

\"Sunrise,<\/a>
\nWarm sunrises<\/p>\n

\"Crab<\/a>
\nEvery morning, the sand crabs dug ‘fans’…<\/p>\n

\"Crab<\/a>
\n…and mounds<\/p>\n

\"04152008758\"<\/a>
\nSeclusion<\/p>\n

\"04142008724\"<\/a>
\nClean morning air<\/p>\n

\"Turtle<\/a>
\nTracks of a giant sea turtle<\/p>\n

\"04132008595\"<\/a>
\nWhere we stayed, our private beach<\/p>\n

\"04132008615\"<\/a>
\nKayak<\/p>\n

\"Secluded<\/a>
\nPrivate Beach<\/p>\n

\"boards\"<\/a>
\nSurfboards in Kawailoa, the Surfing Capital of the World<\/p>\n

\"Matsumoto's<\/a>
\nMatsumoto’s famous shaved ice<\/p>\n

\"Giovanni's<\/a>
\nGiovanni’s Shrimp Truck<\/p>\n

\"Giovanni's<\/a>
\nThe shrimp is raised in local shrimp farms, very fresh. We brought our own beer<\/p>\n

\"04132008634\"<\/a>
\nPeacock in Waimea Valley<\/p>\n

\"04132008713\"<\/a>
\nLifeguard tower at Bonsai Pipeline<\/p>\n

\"Bonzai<\/a>
\nBonzai Pipeline<\/p>\n

\"04142008719\"<\/a>
\nSilhouette<\/p>\n

\"04122008569\"<\/a>
\nKailua Bay<\/p>\n

\"04122008576\"<\/a>
\nBuoys<\/p>\n

\"04132008658\"<\/a>
\nFragrant<\/p>\n

\"our<\/a>
\nBeach Cottage<\/p>\n

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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 … Continue readingPhotoblog: And Paradise was Nice<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[78],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2431\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}