I headed across the street and saw the statue of Prince Kuhio..and took a picture of him. Then I got the idea to walk around to take photos of all the statues around Waikiki.. 
The famous Duke Kahanamoku. Lots of people take photos in front of him.. There's also a webcam aimed at him as well. 
I've walked pass this many times, but never stopped to check it out. These are the Stones of Life. According to the plaque, legend says these stones are the living legacy of four powerful Tahitian healers who once resided near this site. 
Statue of Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop at the Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center. 
Princess Kaiulani Statue at a small park at the corner of Kaiulani and Kuhio.
Mokua and Kila from a children's story. 
I'm afraid I don't know who this surfer is. 
Statue of Ghandi fronting the Honolulu Zoo. 
Then I heard this guy nearby playing the bag pipe. It wasn't until a couple of days ago I found out that I missed the Scottish Festival this weekend! Bummers.
When I walked by the King's Alley earlier, I found out that there is a Changing of the King's Guard performance nightly at 6:3opm and decided to check it out. What else would be at King's Alley but a Burger King! 
I was lucky and found myself in the front row. (ugh..slightly blurry, but I liked the composition)
They were twirling their rifle in front of me and I was really worried about the spinning projectile. I put my camera in sports mode, but it was still not fast enough to get the spinning rifle. 
I tried a few zoom shot of the wave. Pretty good..not fuzzy or blurry. Check out the guy and the kid who's about to get pounded by the wave. 
3 comments:
Great idea covering the statues in Waikiki! I have never seen half of them. Good shoot of the guards too. You so fortunate to have so much in your backyard. Great post!
Yay, I am glad you were able to de-stress by taking these pix. Never realized how many statues there are.
I think the female surfer is for Rell Sunn -legendary surfer passed away Jan. 3, 1998. I also like your guards shots.
I took some pics of the Scottish Festival, http://thedragonseye-lance.blogspot.com/
It was the second day tho and not too many people. Still cool to shoot the frying pan and rolling pin contest.
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