Oahu Part 2: Diamond Head Farmer's market

I could not resist attending the farmer's market near Diamond Head crater and was not disappointed.  

I met this lady who has a nursery on Oahu and she 'breeds' different varieties of hibiscus.  We had an interesting chat and then she said I could pick a flower from the ones above.  A difficult decision but, I settled on this one:

Of course it was immediately placed above my left ear.

There were lots of flowers that I've never seen before:

Did you notice the detail on the leaves? Very creative.

         

And, a few more familiar ones:

I loved the casual use of Hawaiian textiles everywhere.

After some lemonade, we were ready (or so we thought) to hike up Diamond Head crater.

I will spare you the photos of my red face, it was a good climb and totally worth it (but I wouldn't do it again).  

 

 
Little did I know what was waiting as we climbed all the way to the top.

The view over Honolulu and Waikiki beach.  

Sharing a shaved ice with Hubby.  It certainly went down well.

xx              

Comments

[Dreaming Bear]

What beautiful photos!!! I would love to visit Hawaii someday. It looks so luscious!! (sp?) Ha!