Tuesday, December 24, 2013
Bus tour Oahu Island/ Charles Chuang
Bus tour Oahu Island/ Charles Chuang
One day I decided to take a bus tour Oahu Island. After tennis I prepared a
Little bit myself and took off from the University campus via Waikiki and
Ala Moana Shopping Center. There are two routes, 52 and 55, to circle the
island. Every route would take about two hours to finish the circle, only
certain portion of the island. I the first coming bus,55, toward east and
northeast direction. After passing Chinatown, the bus ran directly to Pali
Highway, if I were not mistaken, there was a big Taiwanese Government
Office on this highway and the director’s residence was just next to it.
I have my love to Hawaii, no more the the scenery, looks like the old memory
Of Taiwan, especially my home town Puli, Nantou.
Pali Highway, 61 Highway at Hawaii Pacific University, turned northwest
to 83 Highway. I had driven rental cars five or six times to circle the island on
my previous trip. Now I took bus tour for the old memory. 61 Highway
separates certain portion of Oahu Island where some buses could reach.
There are some pretty villages where I have not had the opportunity to
Visit, yet circling 72 Highway and the beach from highway that I was very
familiar with. There is a Bellows Air Force Station and nearby luxury homes
are difference in structure with another part of the island.
After entering 83 Highway, the bus immediately on the north shore. Other
Than Waikiki Beach, most of the island beaches scarcely have tourists. Local
residence are against the new development, they insist to maintain the old
environment with no high rise building. Originally I planned to buy some nuts
and coffee at Macadammia and yet I changed my mind. I got off at Matsumoto
grocery for a bowl of Azuki Icy, a kind of sweet red bean with honey. I discussed
an old sign on the door step with a Japanese tourist family. The old grocery is
located at an old sugar plantation near the famous Sunset Beach where many
advanced surfers gather.
Actually I missed a Philoppino fruits stand near the Turtle Resort Center. There
are many stands now. There are some development at the island with the old
historical villages. I believe that I can be a good tourist guide. The bus turned
south, passing by an old Army barracks where was the story of a film, From here
to the eternity, also passing by the Dole Plantation. An old American lady
recommended me try another coffee factory on the roadside. I went to that
factory for a bag of Hawaiian coffee the next day.
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