More highlights in Hawaii

It's been quite the trip, we have quite some free time and are able to see and do a bunch of things. Some of the other things we've done include:
We took a drive down the coast of Oahu. Here is a picture of a beach that we drove by, very awesome view of the island, mountain and nice beach. On one of the earlier stops, we saw a model posing for a photo shoot inside a little cove. We also drove past Hanauma Bay and ran into a beach called Sandy Beach. It had huge waves and looked awesome to go swim in, too bad we didn't bring our swim suits thinking that we wouldn't be swimming. We got along the coast and drove by this Hawaiian mini-Sea World place called Sea Life Park. They have dolphins, seals, turtles and a tank that you can swim with the Dolphins. It was closed when we got there but cool to see that they even have something like that (it's just a bit out of the way to get there).

Driving the coast was amazing, we saw some islands off of Oahu and had a good time experiencing the beauty of Hawai'i.

I also went with the group to Pearl Harbor and was able to experience that, it was very cool. They showed us a video of it and then we went out by ferry to the memorial.

We had another day off between the groups and went up a mild hike to a peak off Waikiki beach, called Diamond Head. It's an extinct volcano that is just a big crater now. Anyway, they used it as an ancient light house place where they would build fires to help those coming on canoe to see where the shore was. Now there is a modern light house down lower. They also may have used it as a gun station (probably for WWII). Those have all been taken out but the crater is still being used as a warning for hurricanes.
It was great to be up there and have an aerial view of Waikiki beach and the surrounding area.

There is a zoo down the street from our hotel that actually has quite a bit of animals in it (giraffes, zebras, aligators, a bear, monkeys, etc.), it was cool to see and get pictures.

So I have been keeping myself busy with work but have been very fortunate to have a lot of free time to do a lot of other stuff. It probably won't be as chill in Australia, but I've heard that they will probably take care of a bunch of the work so we can experience the things there. Such a great job to have for the summer!