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A tree with some pretty lights, surrounded by computer scientists
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A crosswalk and a sidewalk in LA...
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The beach at the Hilton Hawaiian Village
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The penguins. Apparently they like hot weather. Makes you wonder why they live in the arctic really...
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Flamingos. Crazy!
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Our local boozer
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My good self, enjoying a rather over the top drink at the local
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Some hoola girls, hoolaing
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Ukaleles are used to torture tourists
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Even the trash cans are scenic!
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Contrary to popular opinion I did not super-impose myself onto this picture!
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Duke Kahanamoku - the man who made surfing cool
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Psychic readings in the market
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Some hoola boys (Ian's favourites...)
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Cute little baby parrots
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Lorna in her posh clothes, ready for the conference dinner
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This is how I spent my first week
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A pink hotel - the second oldest on Waikiki beach
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The Hilton Hawaiian Village, home of Bill Clinton, Lorna and me!
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Lorna, climbing the Diamond Head Crater.
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The tunnel that leads into the crater
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The view from the not-quite-top
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The view from the top, looking towards Waikiki beach. I can see the pub from 'ere!
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Straight down to the coast, if only there was a water slide...
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The volcano is riddled with war-time bunkers
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This is the Atlantis IV submarine surfacing to take us on our tour of the sea bed
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Some fish come to look at the weird creatures in the underwater cigar tube
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A ship on the sea floor
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Spooky!
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A SHARK! SWIM FOR YOUR LIVES!
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Inside the sub. It's a bit crowded but quite snazzy really
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There is a turtle on the roof
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Fireworks at the Hilton, as seen from the Sunset Dinner Cruise
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More of the fireworks
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The sunset - rather nice I think
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Bill Clintons police escort hanging around outside our window
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A scenic building on the sea front
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David Fogel, conference organiser and part-tinme Superman impersonator
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Me, having just eaten another huge lunch
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Downtown Honolulu - not the most exciting place in the world
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The Rainbow Lanai restaurant
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Grounds of the Hilton. Aren't they nice?
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Main street Waikiki
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The Hilton's semi-private beach. Much nicer than the rest of Waikiki
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Me and Lorna looking like a pair of drunks
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More of those pink birds!
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It gets a bit crowded on the main bit of Waikiki
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Me again, on another of our little strolls
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These people are doing some kind of thing I think. Your guess is as good as mine!
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Waikiki again
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This is where we had lunch most days, very nice!
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Lorna at the Diamond Head Crater, her worst enemy!
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Diamond head crater again, this time looking east towards the other islands
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Waikiki from the volcano
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Spooky tunnels inside the volcano
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The crater rim
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The crazy trail up the inside of the crater
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These steps were painful, especially in the extreme heat
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The Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbour
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The memorial itself, over the wreck of the ship itself
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The foundation for one of the big gun turrets
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The ship is still slowly leaking oil
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The bodies of over 1000 seamen are still in the wreck. Four of them were Taylors!
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Looks a bit like a set from a 60's Sci Fi film really
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Looks like a V2 flying bomb, but it's not...
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Mighty Mo, the battleship Missouri, is moored near the Arizona
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It's rather impressive really
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Mo last served in the Gulf War, firing cruise missiles at the Iraqis
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It was hit by a kamikazi in WW2 and saw the signing of the surrender of Japan
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The Doctor's cabin - rather plush really
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The Officer's Mess kitchens
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This is the exact spot where WW2 ended. Though the exact spot was in Tokyo at the time...
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The Captain's dining room, where they had a party after kicking the Japanese deligation off the ship (not literally)
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It's gotta lotta medals
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The comfortable working environment of your average gunner. I'll stick to my desk thanks.
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The cruise missile launchers seem to be the only modern weapons on the ship
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A view down Battleship Row. 8 US warships were sunk in this small space during the Japanese attack
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The outside bridge area, not refitted since the 40's
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The entire ship could be driven by one man, looking through this periscope!
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Ping... Ping... Ping...
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Lorna found the best seat in the house
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Wow! Gadgets!
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The view from the bridge
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There are some dolphins in this picture, think I needed a longer lens
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More dolphins
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The south western coast of Oahu, a big contrast to the towerblocks of Waikiki
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Out the back of the boat
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Kamehameha The Great was the first man to rule all of the Hawaiian islends. This is his grand palace, on the Big Island
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LAVA! Sadly it hasn't been hot since the 1800's
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LAVA AND ME! It's bad luck to take it home though, had to throw mine in the sea
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LORNA AND LAVA!
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Captain Cook was beaten to death in the bay in the distance. Though he was, quite frankly, asking for it
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A hot steam vent, I almost lost all the skin on my face when the wind changed
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A black sand beach
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More black sand beach
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A big steaming volcano. Like a scene from Lord of the Rings...
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That pesky lava keeps flowing over this road
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One of the baby craters near Kilauea crater on Mauna Loa
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An honest to goodness rainforest
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Very tropical
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Who wants a game of "Spot the Sting"?
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I liked the rain forest. Very photogenic!
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A Lava Tube. The hot lava leaves tunnels all round the area. This one has a Lorna in it
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Strange flora and fauna live in the lava tubes, such as this Yetti
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Lorna looks a bit flirty in the forest
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The Kilauea Crater, the most active volcano on earth. Not doing anything today - must have seen us coming
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It's big innit?
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Huge in fact. Last errupted in the 80's apparently
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A rare photo of me and Lorna in the same place at the same time, at Rainbow Falls
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The water is falling over the mouth of a huge lave tube
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More waterfalls, on the east coast of the Big Island
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When the volcano last had a major erruption it knocked several acres of land into the sea. Whoops!
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Kona International Airpot. We were told to "Go to the gate with the plane at it"
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Another lava tube. A river runs through this one
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Pretty flowers!
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This orchid is worth $25,000. Honest!
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More pretty flowers
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IT CAME FROM THE DEEP
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A lifegaurd post on Waikiki beach. Very 50's
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Lorna props up a tree on the sea front
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Waikiki main street again
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MARKET! A little touristy, but fun to look round
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More of those penguins
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Penguin dinner time. They eat alot then sit around all day looking bored. Typical Americans...
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