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HONOLULU First Hawai'ian Bank Building Diamond Head and Waikiki Hawai'i State Capitol Hawai'i State Capitol Queen Liliuokalani Statue Iolani Palace Gate Iolani Palace King Kamehameha Statue Aloha Tower Marketplace Aloha Tower The view toward Diamond Head from the top of Aloha Tower Hawai'i Museum of Arts Welcome to Chinatown ! Chinatown Maunakea Street Foster Botanical Garden Plumeria Appartments Plumeria Appartments Plumeria Appartments seen from Fort Street Mall seen from the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. This capitol is not the standard gold dome construction. Built in the late 1960s, it was a grandiose attempt at a "theme" design. The two legislative chambers are cone-shaped to represent volcanoes, the supporting columns represent palm trees, and the whole structure is encircled by a large pool symbolizing the ocean surrounding Hawai'i. Bronze statue of Hawai'i's last queen, holding the Hawai'i constitution that Liliuokalani wrote in 1893, fearing US businessmen overthrew her. The only royal palace in the USA, it was the official residence of King Kalakaua and Queen Kapiolani, and of his successor Queen Liliuokalani. Statue of Kamehameha the Great, who was the first to unite all the Hawai'ian islands under a single rule. Built in 1926, it was for years the city's tallest building. In the days where all tourists arrived by ship, the tower greeted every visitor. glass towers on the left = Dillingham Transportation Towers beige building = Hawai'ian Electric Power Plant (built in 1920 and soon to be torn down) Outrigger canoe We liked this place and often came to buy fresh fruits and vegetables, or to picnic as the food was tasty and rather cheap. Chinese Banyan (can you see me ?) Plumeria Quipo Orchids the place we stayed both in 2001 and 2003 when visiting O'ahu. Our room (and Dany being sad to leave the island) The kitchen (which was, as the bathroom, common to the three bedrooms of the appartment).
First Hawai'ian Bank Building seen from Fort Street Mall
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