We decided to go here this afternoon for sunset - the guidebook says that although the temple closes at 4, it's worth going afterwards because it's so tranquil and beautiful. However...
These are the mountains behind the valley. The sun hides behind these mountains two hours before sunset. Bloody guidebook tricked us. Also, the entire valley closes up around 6, but thankfully the guy closing up felt sorry for us and let us go and have a look around!
This is the temple.
Also quite a few graveyards around the valley.
Tom is sad that the temple is closed - we will be going back at some point to ring the bell so we have fantastic lives.
When we came back, the Aloha Week Festival had started on Kalakaua Avenue! The streets are full of stalls, mostly serving food, and there are native singers and dancers all over the place.
There are also some weird signs: bread pudding, not exactly what you'd expect in Waikiki...
Designer bra straps...
And people dancing the hula!
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