Monday, November 14, 2005

Arrival in Honolulu, Oahu

We arrived in Honolulu at about 7:00 AM, at Pier 2. We took the following pictures from our veranda after we were docked.

Honolulu , the most famous city in Hawaii, is located on the southern coast of Oahu Island. Honolulu is a mixture of old and new cultures, founded in the 2nd century as a Polynesian community. It was discovered in 1794 by the explorer William Brown, a British Captain.

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Honolulu is the Capitol of the State of Hawaii, which became a state in 1959, after being annexed as a territory in 1898. Perhaps the most famous attraction in Honolulu is the USS Arizona Memorial, located in Pearl Harbor, about two mikes west of the Honolulu Airport.

A live webcam site at the Memorial has a banner saying that the webcam has been suspended, although it appears to be working.


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