Flowers of Hawaii

Hawaii is filled with colorful flowers. Everywhere you go, you are surrounded by vivid colored plants. And the plants there are gigantic. We saw huge trees and plants that looked as if they were from the movie Jurassic Park. They must like the weather there. Who wouldn't? Take just one breath and you feel rejuvenated. I'm sure the lush greens have a lot to do with the clean air that you breathe in.

Roots are reaching down from the branches to the ground....
My hubby is admiring them

Orchid #1

Orchid #2

Orchid #3

Orchid #4

My mother loved these flowers

...more of the same flowers. I don't know what they're called

Hibiscus

Bougainvillea hedge

More orchids

White plumeria

Pink plumeria

Kids love climbing this tree...it's like a maze!

Palm trees are so tall they can touch the sky

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Hawaiian Comfort Food

Chicken long rice, Kalua pig, Laulau pork and Poi

We have been wanting to go to this restaurant, ONO Hawaiian Foods, but in the past trips to Hawaii, we were either too busy to go there, or we made other plans to eat somewhere else. So when we finally got to go this time, we were just giddy with excitement. Boy, do they know their pigs! Sooo yummy!

Wall of celebrities who visited here

Sliced Maui onions with sea salt...dip them in Poi or eat as is

Laulau pork, wrapped in taro leaves

 Pipikaula, Hawaiian beef jerky and lomi lomi salmon

Coconut jello, Haupia

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Best Mai Tai Ever

Here is what started it all! Well, for us, anyway. The original Mai Tai at the Kahala Hotel & Resort in Honolulu has the right balance of sour and sweet. They do not use the premixed sweet and sour mix. So refreshing, you wouldn't want anybody else's Mai Tai once you tasted theirs.

Be sure to order it at the Seaside Grill at the Kahala

Orchid at the Kahala Hotel

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Hawaii-cation

Sunrise over Koko Head

Back home from a 10-day vacation in Hawaii! So much fun and so glad to see my family. I will be sharing with you some pictures from the vacation for the next few posts.

Double rainbows...you can almost touch them

Live corals

Pink plumeria was everywhere

Clear and calm water

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