In 1810, Kamehameha I also known as Kamehameha the Great unified the Hawaiian islands under himself as one ruler. In 1871, Kamehameha V (Lot) declared a holiday in honor of his Great Grandfather. The holiday is celebrated in Hawaii on June 11
Natalie Portman won the Golden Globe last weekend for her portrayal of a ballet dancer. This weekend, does she go all Black Swan over her competitor The Green Hornet and her co-star Ashton Kutcher in No Strings Attached? Find out what the Mov
Let's take a look at some of the sights around the island of Kauai starting in Waimea Town and going all the way to the end of the road at the base of the Napali cliffs on the north shore of the island where the road dead ends at Ke'e beach par
Let's journey to the back of the Manoa Valley and visit the Lyon Arboretum. We'll take in some of the paths and views as we travel to 'Aihualama Falls area. Hope you enjoy the vistas and views.If you'd like to check out Lyon Arboretum for you
In this episode of Trapped in Paradise, we explore a little bit of what was termed by Mark Twain as the Grand Canyon of the Pacific. I am taking about the Waimea Canyon on the Island of Kauai. We will ll travel up some of the roads to get to
Mahalo nui for watching Trapped in Paradise. As a little gift to you, here is a one page 2009 calendar that you can use through out the year. It contains pictures that I have taken around the islands of Hawaii capturing the beauty of the loca
In this episode of Trapped in Paradise we go the Sheraton Waikiki to visit with some of our neighbors to the north. The Langley Ukulele Ensemble is a group of students from Langley, British Columbia, Canada. Under the direction of Peter Luong
In this episode I get to mix my two podcasts. In October 2007 the Disney Company announced that they were going to put in a Disney Vacation Club resort in Hawaii. I took my camera out to the Ko Olina resort where the DVC is going to be built
Lets visit the Honolulu Academy of Arts Arts After Dark event. The last Friday of each month they have a different event. At this event the exhibit of Bhutanese Sacred objects are on display. Unfortunately, I was not allowed to video tape in
In this episode of Trapped in Paradise we travel to Ward Warehouse to see an exhibition of Chinese Lion Dancing in conjunction with the Chinese New Year celebrations for the Year of the Rat. The event was sponsored by the United Chinese Societ