Hawaii Islands
Date: 2011-03-26 to 2011-04-09
Cruise ship: Sapphire Princess
Hilo is one of our Princess Cruise stops in Hawaii Islands. I do not need to tell you how beautiful the place is, just look at the photos - Hilo Bay, National Volcano Park, Gardens, Falls, Wet Land, Orchid Garden
Japanese Garden
Rainbow Falls
Volcano National Park
Oahu Island
Honolulu, the capital city of the state Hawaii. It is the most populous city in Hawaii. The famous places are Pearl Harbour, Diamond Head, Wakiki Beach, Historical China Town, Polynesian Centre, Lolani Palace, etc. We visited the harbour, China Town, Wakiki Beach, Lolani Palace, Ala Moana Place, Aloha Tower
Aloha Tower
China Town is very close to Honolulu harbour
Waikiki Beach Area
Iolani Palace
Tropical fish in Honolulu harbour
Kauai Island
Nawiliwili is the major port for Kauai. Kalapaki Beach is located to the east, in front of the Kauai Marriott. Niumalu Beach is located to the west of the harbor. The island is very beautiful. Probably there is no traffic jam. We walked to Kauai Marriott area - surfing, Kauai cock, beach, coconut trees, .... It is paradise.
Maui Island
Lahaina is the port in Maui. Getting to land is by tender. Lahaina has huge banyan trees. There are many tourist boats for whale watching, deep sea fishing. I have passed a Chinese heritage house.
Whale Jumping
Ensenada, Mexico
Ensenada is a harbour about 140 km south of San Diego (USA). The city has population about less than 300K. It is a commercial, fishing and cruise ship port. We had a brief 5 hours stop in this simple port. The downtown area is mainly for cruise ship tourists with many souvenir shops. The other attraction is pharmaceutical shops with plenty supply of Viagra, etc. The restaurants are very hard to get cruise ship tourists, some cafe can lure tourists for a short break. My finding is: Ensenada is currently the city with more scientists per capita in Mexico and it is the Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education of Ensenada (CICESE). This center conducts research in Earth Sciences, Applied Physics, Oceanography, and Experimental and Applied Biology.
