Google maps is now underwater!!

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I just found out today that Google Maps Streetview is now providing photos underwater!  I just tried it, and let me tell you....it's pretty awesome!  I actually didn't realize this at first, but in order to get the underwater view, you need to move your little man to the orange dot.  See the pic below:

Credit: Google Maps

In case you didn't know, the little blue dots are regular pictures that you can view from those locations.

I have to admit that I was a little bit disappointed at first because I was hoping that you would be able to swim around the bay!  Unfortunately, you're stuck in one spot!  Oh well....the 360° pic is still really cool....and a step in the right direction!  Perhaps they'll eventually add enough photos to enable us to actually swim in the future!

Google has a little more information about this new feature on their blog.  Or you might just want to go straight to your favorite places, like Hanauma Bay or Molokini Island.

Please feel free to leave comments of your own regarding this...

A hui hou

Steve

A Day at Aloha Tex Fest

Aloha everyone!

A couple of weekends ago, the Aloha Tex Fest came to town in Houston, Texas.  I attended, but didn't get a chance to post anything until now.  I took a lot of pictures, and hope you enjoy!

The first thing that I noticed as we were walking into the pavilion was the number of Hawaiian stickers on many many of the cars there.  Everyone was showing their Hawaiian pride, from their car decorations to the aloha shirts, muumuu, and lei.  Very cool!

Of course, the first thing that we had to do was get some of that Hawaiian food that we get to have on our rare occasion.  Onolicious!  (Yeah...I think I just made that up!)  They had the typical Hawaiian fare.  We got the kalua pork, laulau (my all-time favorite), and the huli huli chicken.  (The pork and laulau are pictured below).

GPS Lady Tries to Speak Hawaiian!

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We had a lot of fun with our GPS on this last trip!  Let’s just say that the “very mainland-American” GPS voice had a little trouble with some of the Hawaiian names, much to our delight, amusement, and sometimes confusion!   To help you with the imagery of the voice, imagine Paula Deen trying to say the Hawaiian street names without at all trying to sound Hawaiian!  (Nothing against you Paula….I loved your restaurant!).  Our favorite was when “Paula” would instruct us to turn onto Aay-la-moh-na Boulevard (Ala Moana Blvd.).  We just about cracked up every time that we left the hotel!