Wednesday, 5 June 2019

The Last Blog

As you may have guessed, Dear Reader, we are back home.  We arrived May 13 and have been quite busy since then getting settled and organizing our Minnesota lives.  

Though this is the last Down Under blog, I will have a photo exhibit of pictures from the trip at the Oakdale Library in September.  If you live nearby, this will be a chance to see many trip photos blown up and framed. As the details get finalized, I will put information about the show’s dates and the opening night reception here on the blog.

Thank you for being loyal readers!  I hope you have enjoyed following our trip.  I have very much enjoyed writing about it and sharing our adventures with you.

Of course, I cannot end without sharing some new pictures.  We spent a week on Oahu after disembarking the Noordam and here are some photos I took while exploring this beautiful island.


We had a wonderful view of Diamond Head from our hotel room


There are a lot of interesting and beautiful birds on Oahu.  

Brazilian Cardinal


Shama Thrush


Peacock showing off


This Hawaiian Moorhen is one of the few native birds on Oahu.  
It is also highly endangered.  We were lucky to see one.


We were also quite lucky to see green sea turtles basking on Laniakea Beach and also one swimming off the coast.





Cliff jumping at China Wall.  The young 
man in this photo did a back flip off the rocks.


Parasailing is very popular with tourists


Waimea Falls


Torch ginger


Halona Blowhole


Kualoa Mountains


Sunset on Waikiki Beach








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