
After eating a hearty breakfast, Mr. A and I trekked a mile up to the tippy top of Oahu, the peak of Diamond Head Crater. The trail took us up 100 steps, through one long, dark tunnel and up one long winding spiral staircase. It was the hardest trail we have faced all vacation but we were rewarded with this gorgeous overhead view of Waikiki. I will definitely miss being able to see these amazingly beautiful things everyday.
If you asked people to identify one thing as quintessentially Oahu, most people would immediately say Waikiki Beach. It’s by far one of the most developed and busiest beaches I’ve ever seen. Ironically enough, this beach didn’t even exist a century ago. In the 1960s, a businessmen decided to dredge a swamp area which then led to the creation if Waikiki. It wasn’t really my kind of beach but if we were going to experience Oahu we couldn’t skip out on this landmark.
