We spent the morning at the Pu'ukohola Heiau National Historic Site. To get there we crossed some older lava flows that are starting to regenerate. It'll be another few hundred years before this volcanic rock breaks down enough for farming though.
The Pu'ukohola Heiau (temple) that was converted into a fortress to protect the harbour below.
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| Pu'ukohola Temple Fortress |
After that we visited another historic site that contains thousands of ancient petroglyphs. The original meaning of all these carvings has been lost to antiquity.
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| Hawaiian Petroglyphs |
Some interesting plant foliage along the coast of Hawaii near where we stopped for lunch.
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| Hawaiian Vegitation |
Finally the hour of our flight back to O'hau arrived.
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| Leaving the Big Island |
Our adventure is not over yet. We still have two days to look around O'hau.
After checking into our new hotel we headed down to Waikiki beach. A statue to Hawaii's most famous sportsman stands at the entrance to the beach. He's a 5 times Olympic swimming medalist and credited with the spread of surfing world wide.
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| Statue of Duke Kahanamoku |
While watching the sun go down we watched a free performance of the hula dance.
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| Hula Dancers |
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