If you turn east at Laie and head down the east side of the island on the Kam highway you come to the Valley of the Temples Memorial. It is basically a cemetary for Asian peoples~mostly non-Christian. You cross over this bridge to enter into the main grounds. The plantings and trees are absolutely gorgeous and it is so peaceful there. The architecture is very fascinating
This is a big bell standing by a big bell that is hit with the pole on the ropes in the left of the pix. You can hear it ringing all through the grounds when you strike it.
The Budda is inside the main entrance
We curved around on the Kam Highway and arrived at Kaneohe and came to Kailua Beach. It is the most gorgeous beach that I have ever seen. The water is the most brilliant aquamarine color that I have ever seen with white, fine sand beaches curving around in a graceful half oval.
I obviously did not get a very good picture of the actual beach but this catamarand sailed in on cue as if it were on a postcard
Hawaii techincally has no private beaches but the locals, many times, make it very difficult to find them. The access is hidden behind homes or is so obscure that only the clued in can find it. This beach was worth the find and they do have a nice park there but it took a lot of winding aorund and peering through every alley to get there.
Once you buy a pass to PCC, you can get it for several days after for free to see the general stuff. We revisited on Friday afternoon and saw the Tahatian Village and went to the IMAX movie about coral reefs with was very interesting.
We are looking toward the Temple and our sister missionary photographer is looking down the Temple grounds through Laie and toward the beach. They have the most lovely hibiscus hedges called hula girl hibiscus. They have brilliant and huge yellow blossoms
Hawaii techincally has no private beaches but the locals, many times, make it very difficult to find them. The access is hidden behind homes or is so obscure that only the clued in can find it. This beach was worth the find and they do have a nice park there but it took a lot of winding aorund and peering through every alley to get there.
Once you buy a pass to PCC, you can get it for several days after for free to see the general stuff. We revisited on Friday afternoon and saw the Tahatian Village and went to the IMAX movie about coral reefs with was very interesting.
We also took the shuttle over to the Temple and had a guided tour by one of the sister missionaries there.
There are sister missionaries at PCC much like there are on Temple Square. They conduct tours of the Temple grounds and talk to some of the any thousands of visitors each day
We are looking toward the Temple and our sister missionary photographer is looking down the Temple grounds through Laie and toward the beach. They have the most lovely hibiscus hedges called hula girl hibiscus. They have brilliant and huge yellow blossoms
She told us that when the Temple was built in 1911 that many of the island people started to leave their homelands to settle near the Temple and kind of abandon their culture.
Matthew Cowley-who had served a misison to the islands-conceived an idea to have a center where culture could be preserved.
It took quite a few years to some to fruition but it is a great place where these young people can have opportunities to have educaiton
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