On Sunday, Zach and I decided since it was such a nice and sunny day to hike the well-known Oahu landmark of Diamond Head. Diamond Head is the leftover crater of an extinct volcano with a great view of the city of Honolulu and the surrounding area. But it is no simple little walk through the woods. First of all it's a walk through the drier habitat of the island with low grass bushes and widely dispersed trees much resembling an African savannah. The trail is cut into the inner side of the crater facing the ocean (makai) but it is an uphill climb with 99 stairs waiting near the top before you get to the observation deck. But the views are astounding and worth the climb as you'll see in the pictures above. We were tired and hot when we got back down to the restroom area so we decided to get a strawberry shave ice which was good and cool before heading back to the bus stop to catch the #58 back to Ala Moana and then the #6 to home. We had fast food Thai for dinner at the Makai Food Court at the Ala Moana shopping center. The Thai iced tea was as good as the Thai Cafe back in Athens made it but the pat thai was not. I do recommend the spring rolls. On our way home after getting off the #6, we stopped at Times (the local grocery store that we get most of our groceries from) and Sharon got some much needed bobby pins to keep her hat on. When the wind blows here it can blow hard and hats sometimes come off.