Where to Go Horseback Riding on Oahu

There are several horseback riding stables on the south side, windward side and north shore of Oahu, including horse ranches at Koko Head Crater, Kualoa, Kahuku, and Turtle Bay. You can also take a romantic horse-drawn carriage ride through Waikiki or rent a pony for an Oahu children's party.

Horseback Riding Stables on Oahu

Other Oahu Activities

Aloha Stadium Viewed from the USS Missouri

Aloha Stadium in Honolulu can accommodate up to 50,000 people and the seating can be arranged in three different configurations, a diamond for baseball, an oval for football, and a triangle for concerts. The stadium is also the venue for a popular swap meet which takes place three times a week. Annual sporting events at the Aloha Stadium include the NFL Pro Bowl, the NCAA Hawaii Bowl, and the independently managed Hula Bowl. This picture of Aloha Stadium was taken from the deck of the USS Missouri Battleship on Ford Island.

Aloha Stadium from the Deck of the USS Missouri

Bowl Football Games in Hawaii

Hawaii May Bid on the 2016 Super Bowl

Pride of Hawaii is On Its Way to Honolulu

Norwegian Cruise Lines (NCL) took delivery of their new Pride of Hawaii cruise ship in April of 2006 and it is now traveling from Europe to Hawaii. On April 28 the ship stopped briefly in Baltimore, Rhode Island and it will stop in California in May. The ship will be formally christened by Senator Inouye of Hawaii on May 20 in Los Angeles. The senator's wife Margaret, who died last month, christened NCL's Pride of Aloha ship. The Pride of Hawaii is the third cruise ship NCL commissioned for their Hawaii market. The ship was built at the Meyer Werft Shipyard at a cost of more then $500 million USD. It will employ 1000 people and can accommodate up to 2400 passengers.

April 19: NCL Took Delivery of the Pride of Hawaii

April 28: Pride of Hawaii Stops Briefly in Baltimore

May 20: Senator Inouye Will Christen Ship in Los Angeles

Cruise Information: Visit Hawaii on a Norwegian Cruise

Aerial Photos of Pearl Harbor

I took these aerial photos of the USS Arizona Memorial, the USS Missouri Battleship, and other Pearl Harbor attractions in January of 2006, when I rented a plane and hired a pilot from Anderson Aviation, a flight training school located at the Honolulu International Airport. I flew all over the island of Oahu with Anderson Aviation, and I will be publishing more pictures from that fight over the next few weeks. Here are my Pearl Harbor photos: Aerial Photos of Pearl Harbor.

Going Back to Old Hawaii

This American Heritage Magazine article highlights places in Waikiki and Honolulu where it is possible to recapture the flavor of Hawaii in the 1930's and 1940's, including the grand Royal Hawaiian, Halekulani, and Moana Hotels, the older buildings in downtown Honolulu and Chinatown, the Waikiki Army Museum, and Pearl Harbor. Here is the full article:

Going Back to Old Hawaii (American Heritage Magazine)

ATA Launches Daily Flights from Oakland

ATA Airlines has moved its Northern California operations from the San Francisco Airport to the Oakland Airport, and they are now offering four flights a day from Oakland to Hawaii. Two of those flights land on the island of Oahu and the other two flights land on Maui and the Big Island of Hawaii.

X Band Radar Forced to Return to Hawaii

A powerful floating radar that will be part of the U.S. national missile defense system returned to Hawaii for repairs only a few days after it departed from Pearl Harbor for Alaska. The system was forced to return to Hawaii because of damage caused by water leaks and damage to its communication antennas. The massive system was built on an converted oil drilling rig. It's easy to spot because it is topped by a giant white ball. The radar is so powerful it can detect baseball-size objects thousands of miles away. When the system reaches Alaska it will float in the water near the town of Adak, about 1200 miles southwest of Anchorage. Here are some photos I took in January of 2006:

Photos of the Radar System in Pearl Harbor