The view or two from my "office"

[Flyfrequently]

Had hail in our 'hood this morning but by the time we arrived up in the big smoke, the weather had cleared.

From the 16th floor Pullman on the Park - rehearsals happening over at the "G" for Saturday.

 

[VPS]

Salisbury Wetlands in Adelaide today

The swans were the only birds that stay still enough for photos

 

[Port Power]

Dinner at my local Mindarie Marina “office”. Beautiful sunset followed by 18:45 following glow. The water is like satin and not a breath of wind. 20C. PERfect!

 

[drron]

Hercules Tower La Corruna, Galicia, Spain.


Now Mrsdrron’s favourite sav blanc is Toi Toi from NZ. Sofrom the bus parking spot this is the view.


So drink lots of Toi Toi and you can go to the Toi toi and the trees behind it are NZ Xmas trees.

 

[Pushka]

Farewell Maui. Not that we left the ship.

We will tomorrow. Hilo. Hawaii Big Island. Volcano is active.

 

[SYD]

Farewell Maui. Not that we left the ship.

Not even to visit the Hilo Hattai?

 

[Flyfrequently]

And to wrap up yesterday's CBD office


My great grandfather once owned the land from here to where Southern Cross station is now.

Albeit it a tad windy, Melbourne skies were so blue and always enjoy our brief sojourns up to the big smoke.

 

[Pushka]

Not even to visit the Hilo Hattai?

We are in Hilo today. Have been too unwell since we got here Sunday a week ago to do anything but exist. And even then with some issues. I’m almost normal now and MrP is a day behind. A wicked virus.

 

[Bindibuys]

Have arrived in Naples…… not feeling comfortable…. Pompei tomorrow.
Think we will be in our airbnb before dark each night.

 

[Pushka]

Good morning super humid Hilo. Bring on the volcanic eruption this arvo please.

 

[Muppet501st]

Wynnum/Manly office, Trailer boat club office.
My locals

 

[SYD]

Good morning super humid Hilo. Bring on the volcanic eruption this arvo please.
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It was Hilo that your ship had to leave 500 PAX behind after the Tsunami warning!

If your phone goes off, run like the wind back!

 

[RooFlyer]

Have arrived in Naples…… not feeling comfortable…

Exactly as I felt some years ago.

 

[OZDUCK]

When we visited Naples in the 1970's the old saying "See Naples and die" came to my mind. Not because of its claim that Naples was so magnificent that there was nothing else in the world left worth to see but because you would probably be murdered there.

 

[prozac]

When we visited Naples in the 1970's the old saying "See Naples and die" came to my mind. Not because of its claim that Naples was so magnificent that there was nothing else in the world left worth to see but because you would probably be murdered there.

And yet here you are ...

 

[OZDUCK]

And yet here you are ...

Only because we ran away

 

[Pushka]

It was Hilo that your ship had to leave 500 PAX behind after the Tsunami warning!

If your phone goes off, run like the wind back!

Yes. It’s the tsunami capital of the world apparently and the tour guide was excellent at telling us the story. Decimated by multiple tsunamis just this century as it’s the first place to experience a tsunami from earthquakes from Alaska through to Chile.

There’s no Hilo Hattie in Hilo but I see there’s one in Kona where we will be tomorrow.

Today it was volcanoes.

Steam vent.



Smoke and ash. Last Friday on eruption the wind was blowing towards the car park and there’s volcanic glass and ash everywhere. Being a national park there’s no souvenering.

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[SYD]

Yes. It’s the tsunami capital of the world apparently and the tour guide was excellent at telling us the story. Decimated by multiple tsunamis just this century as it’s the first place to experience a tsunami from earthquakes from Alaska through to Chile.

There’s no Hilo Hattie in Hilo but I see there’s one in Kona where we will be tomorrow.

There used to be Hilo Hatties EVERYWHERE. Became a running joke on our HI cruise years ago.

 

[drron]

Good morning Lisbon.

 

[Pushka]

There used to be Hilo Hatties EVERYWHERE. Became a running joke on our HI cruise years ago.

The guide must have been listening to you. He made explicit comments about Hilo Hattie. He's also doing some tours tomorrow from Kona. He's been excellent. We are just getting on the tender and plan to swim at least once in Hawaii.

Some of the ash and rocks from the eruption a couple of days ago. The car park would have been closed as the gases are toxic. Made us understand why Bali caused so many issues for planes. There were also strands of gold fibres that we just couldn't make appear in photos. These contain a lot of silica.





Also so pleased to report that we are almost normal again. We have three days left. Planning to hammer the drinks package as it's been sadly bereft of doing so. How sick were we? I have some memory of it but I am told I was unconscious in the Hawaiian main shopping mall in Waikiki and the security guard was about to call for an ambulance. I have some memory of it but MrP won't give me the full details. I recovered consciousness and seemed to recover so security let me go. In hindsight I think it tanked my blood pressure. MrP - the day before the cruise started he was saying that if we weren't so far away he would be on the plane back home but was too ill to move. Did I mention it was a wicked virus? We were fully immunised for both covid and the super strength flu virus. I developed mine in Australia the week before we left. Had we known what we were about to experience we would have cancelled the entire trip. But we didn't know. We've not experienced anything like this before.