
Wendy tries hat making.
Lazy day and then in the evening we go to the Paradise Cove Luau. All traditional Hawaiian food and entertainment. It’s the sort of touristy thing you are obliged to do before they’ll let you leave the island. Food was good, never easy mass catering, but they had a good choice and not massive queues.

Luau
A good evening.
Catch the late evening pantomine. New bombshell as it turns out the FBI are again looking into Clintons email. Apart from that nothing new, the same old. Although I fell off my surfboard of life due to uncontrolled laughter when I heard the Fox News slogan “Fair and balanced coverage”.
Good BREXIT news

Luau
The UK’s manufacturing sector continued to expand at a robust pace in October as the weaker pound boosted exports, a closely watched survey has revealed.
The purchasing managers’ index, which is considered one of the best indicators of the health of the sector, had a reading of 54.3 last month, down slightly from September’s revised reading of 55.5, but still above its long-term average of 51.5.
Monologue: The Great White Grope | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)

Hawaiian flag. I bet the Americans love it.
Now they’ve been subsumed into America and have a choice of either a clown or a criminal for President.

Hawaiian bowling.
Call in at the Dole plantation where we’re treated to a demonstration on how to fillet a pineapple.
This side of the island is not quite as poor as our neck of the woods. Some lovely beaches. Waimea Bay is gorgeous and World renowned for great surf, up to 30 foot waves. Just our luck today the best rip curl we saw was about 3 inches.
Had another one of our lavish lunches amidst the peacocks at Waimea Valley. We were going to splash out and have a hike to the waterfall but rain scared us off.

I don’t think so. I’ll stick with IBM white.
Came across a Budhist Temple so to maintain balance we kicked our trainers off and wore out a pair of sock – respect. Again very beautiful and tranquil with a backdrop of the heavily foliated serrated green mountain valleys. Have a go at Budhist bell ringing and pleased to see that the Zen garden had been raked by a masteraker (not a predictive text masterbater).

Buddhist temple.
Back home in time for the ongoing pantomime, a thirst quenching Pilsner Urquell and a California red. Well it now seems that Clintons the focus of scandal as the FBI rake up the email saga again and start to scour 65,000 emails for more evidence of wrong doing. The press have now turned like a pack of wolves on an injured Bambi. They smell blood. It was all becoming too calm and settled as Clinton coasted to victory, but now they’ve the opportunity to stir the pot and create more mayhem. What a pantomine, two diabolical villains as the only candidates and the press raking up the mud at every opportunity. You’d think that anyone with a skerrick of dignity and pride, with their track records, would just do the honourable thing and impale themselves on a sharpened toilet brush.

A master raker.


Rings my bell.
They seem a harmless bunch. Like Chritianity, if they could just take the god out of their religion and stick with the good Christian ethos it would be awesome.
Couldn’t mention it above from my Wave of Life surfboard but I’ve a solution to the violence of the religion of pieces and permanent offence. Convert their fundamentalists to become Mormon. The World would be such a better place.

With some Polynesians.

Diamond head.
Park up at the Kapiolani Park with a superb backdrop of Diamond Head. Walk along the beach to Waikiki beach for lunch. Happen to stumble upon a Starbucks. Not difficult here as there are more of them than ABC stores. Waikiki beach is buzzing and yes it’s very busy but we do find it quite alluring.
Stroll back through the park. There’s a free brass band concert on, sadly we don’t have time for it, and we watch a bit of Lacrosse, which seems very popular.

Blowhole
The Pali Lookout is a site of deep historical significance. Named “Pali” meaning ‘cliff’ in Hawaiian, the Pali Lookout is the site of the Battle of Nuuanu, where in 1795 King Kamehameha 1st won the struggle that finally united Oahu under his rule. This fierce battle claimed hundreds of soldiers’ lives, many of which were forced off of the Pali’s sheer cliffs.

Laniki beach.
Note that the Pali Lookout is also known for its strong and howling winds. You’ll understand why the Nuuanu Pali Lookout is one of Oahu’s best scenic points when you feel the wind push up against you, hear the winds whistle through the mountains and see the breathtaking views of Oahu’s lush Windward Coast.
Then it head back home. For once the Farrington Highway not a nose to exhaust tortoise crawl, but the traffic lights still do a great job of making the journey a nightmare.

Pali lookout in days gone by.
Amazing difference between the East (windward side – rainy and cloudy) side and the West (leeward side – drier, sunnier and poorer) side of the island and yet they’re only about 40 Miles across. I suppose it’s the mountains on the East side that create the clouds and moisture as the wind blows in from the Pacific laden with all that moisture. Geography lesson over.
In the evening we watch the first episode of the remake of “Hawaii 5 O”.
Well it seems that the smarmy criminal from the Washington swamp in the presidential pantomime is now getting some come up pence as the wolves of the press pack turn on her. How given her email server scandal, the Clinton foundation scandal and the cash for acces scandal it amazes me that anyone would even trouble to get out of bed and vote for her.
Campaign Jokes
Seth Meyers “A Fox News national poll found that people prefer Hillary Clinton to Donald Trump by 10 points. While an MSNBC poll found that Hillary Clinton has already been president for two years.”
Seth Meyers “A new government report reveals that Hillary Clinton ignored the State Department rules about cybersecurity. The report states that Hillary’s recklessness, arrogance, and defiance could get her the Republican presidential nomination.”
Native Americans Hillary Clinton was addressing a group of American Indians in New York telling them all she did as senator and all she plans to do for them as President. At the end of the meeting the chief gave her a plaque with her honorary indian name, Walking Eagle. After she left someone asked the chief if there is any meaning to that name. He said “A walking Eagle is a bird that is so full of crap, it can not fly.”

Wendy tries a body Hula.

From New Zealand we have Haka.
The Luau looks great and was only an extra $20 just a pity that we would have been back so late.

More dancing.
Late back so it’s a subway for dinner.

No we don’t want any insurance,.
Pat Condell again on Children of a stupid God:
Obligate carnivores

Like the hat.

Don’t try this at home.