The first Banyon Tree (sp?) I ever got near. These trees are more vines than true trees. They climb up other trees, surround them, and grow outward -- choking off the original tree and depriving it of light. They also drop vines from their branches to make offshoots that grow into new trunks. They are one of the few things capable of survinving a tidal wave.

A flower Patrick picked for my hair. It was windy, though, and it wouldn't stay in place, so I ended up keeping it in the car.

A really blurry picture of a mongoose. It is eating from a tray of cat food set out in a park. There were also feral cats around (hence the food), but none of the animals were keen on letting me close. Sadly, this is the best shot of a mongoose I got.

Two shots of an IronWood tree along a windy bluff. This is in the same park, Round Top, where the mongoose was.

Round Top -- loooking downhill.

Round Top -- view of "PunchBowl" crater. Patrick lives on the opposite side of PunchBowl, so you can't see it from this shot. This was the last photo I took on my first day.

A shoreline that I really like (images 21-33). Shots #23 & #24 have Patrick in them. The person in #25 is a random tourist.

This is the site of an old Hawaiian temple. The stones mark off where the temple had stood, and an outer wall for it. No one is allowed to walk in the sacred site, or move the rocks, so the wooden structure for offering was built just outside the temple grounds near where the altar would have been. Supposedly, there is a rock nearby this site where the priests and congregants would go to perform human sacrifices.

West (leeward) side of island on the way to Kaena Point. Images numbered 36-43 (some approaching from the south, and some approaching from North).

Two pictures of tide pools on West side of island on the way to Kaena Point from the south. These are the last photos I took on my second day.