I always request a high floor in hotels because I like a view, and what a view we had from the 29th floor!
I couldn’t wait to hike to the top of Diamond Head (seen in the distance). I had packed sturdy shoes and my telephoto lens just for that purpose. I imagined the macro photos I would take of whatever flora we encountered on the way up. On Wednesday we reserved a car for Friday, our last day, so we could do the hike and snorkel a reef that some locals had recommended.
And then I spent Thursday with food poisoning. I (barely) recovered only just long enough for our scheduled activities — a massage and a night dive — but then it was right back to miserable, so we decided that Diamond Head was out for the next day. Instead of the view of our hotel from Diamond Head, please enjoy a few views of the opposite.
