Aloha Everyone,
Here is the second newsletter of the Hawaii 2009 Pre-Deaf Cruise Event.
As all of you are planning your visit to Honolulu, we want you guys to know what a exciting time it has been for us planning the Pre-Deaf Cruise Event for the first time. We are bursting with enthusiasm and are looking forward to seeing all of you here before the Deaf Cruise on July 25th, 2009.
Come join us as we will be going on the Grand Circle Island Tour of O’ahu on July 22nd, 2009. The feature attraction of our tour will be a visit to the Pali Look-Out; a historically significant place in Hawaiian history. See below for more information about the Pali Look-Out.
“The Nu’uanu Pali was the site of the Battle of Nu’uanu, one of the
bloodiest battles in Hawaiian history. This battle resulted in the conquest
of the island of O’ahu by the King Kamehameha I who unified the Hawaiian Islands. In 1795 Kamehameha I sailed from his home island of Hawai’i with an army of 10,000 soldiers. After conquering the islands of Maui and Moloka’i, he moved on to O’ahu. The pivotal battle for the island occurred in Nu’uanu Valley, where the defenders of O’ahu, led by
Kalanikupule, were driven back up into the valley where they were trapped above the cliff. More than 400 of Kalanikupule’s soldiers were driven off the edge of the cliff to their deaths 1,000 feet below. In 1898 this road was developed into a highway during which’s construction 800 skulls were found; those skulls were believed to be the remains of the warriors that fell to their deaths from the cliff above. This road was later replaced by the Pali Highway and the Nu’uanu Pali Tunnels in 1959 which is the route used today.”1
1. Cited, Pali Look Out, Nu uanu Pali – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Here is the information that you would like to know and it will benefit
you big time. Here is the Oahu Grand Circle Island.
120 Miles Of Oahu’s Most Famous Sights
This tour is ideal for first-time visitors, but regulars love it, too. On
your journey you will see “the best of the best” of Oahu. From the lush, green mountains to the clear blue waters, across the pineapple fields, and beyond. There’s no better way to experience the diversity of this beautiful island. The sights are accompanied by live narration from our friendly tour guides, so you’ll get interesting cultural and historical information along the way. (And don’t be surprised if you find yourself laughing and singing songs. This tour is anything but boring.) You’ll go to the 1,186-foot Pali Lookout, where King Kamehameha the Great fought his last battle, for a view that will blow you away. Or it may feel like it anyway, with robust winds that often sweep through the mountain pass, so hold on to your hat. World-famous North Shore surfing beaches are also on the tour, along with breathtaking Waimea Bay where giant waves break right on the shore, leaving behind their salty mist. You’ll also catch sight of Aloha Tower, which you may recall from the TV show “Hawaii Five-O,” and the familiar profile of the 750-foot Diamond Head volcano that has become a symbol for Hawaii throughout the years. This Oahu tour is grand indeed, and will not disappoint.
We, The Deaf Cruise, LLC would like to let you know that we would like to stop by those places. It is very awesome places and the ASL interpreters will be provided. Here is the tour possible lists due to time factor:
Diamond Head
Byodo-In
Nuuanu Pali Lookout
North Shore surfing beaches
Exclusive Kahala Estates
Waimea Bay
Hanauma Bay
Pineapple fields
Chinaman’s Hat
Mormon Temple
Halona “Blow Hole” lookout
King Kamehameha Statue and Iolani Palace
The Royal Family Mausoleum
The Haunted Tree on Old Pali road
Makapuu Point Light house
Halona Blowhole
Diamond Head Beach Park
Obama’s Homeplace
Listed below are 15 Oahu Fun Facts:
1) Oahu is 44 miles long, 30 miles wide, 112 miles around and is the
third-largest island in the Hawaiian chain of 132 islets, atolls and reefs
stretching from kure atoll in the northwest to the big island of Hawaii in
the southeast.
2) Honolulu is the largest city in the world. That is because Hawaii’s
State Constitution states that any island not named as belonging to a
county belongs to Honolulu. This makes the entire island of Oahu, where
Honolulu is located, plus all the other small, uninhabited islands, islets
and atolls part of Honolulu. Honolulu is about 1,500 miles long. It would
span from Los Angeles, California to Denver, Colorado. How many people know that Oahu fun fact?
3) Iolani Palace, located in downtown Honolulu, is the only Royal Palace in the United States.
4) Iolani Palace had electricity 4 years before the White House, Windsor
Palace and the Imperial Palace of Japan. It had the first telephone system
in Honolulu and was the first palace in the world to install flush toilets.
It also had copper lined bathtubs built to accommodate monarchs of Royal proportions; The queens tub is 6.5 feet long and the King’s tub is 7 feet long.
5) Oahu is home to the world’s largest wind generator. The windmill is
located on the top of a 20 story tower. It has two blades, each measuring
400 feet in length.
6) Foster Botanical Garden near Iolani Palace was built in 1855, which
makes it the oldest garden in Hawaii.
7) Foster Botanical Garden has earned national recognition for it’s
Prehistoric Glen. The Glen contains some of the oldest plant forms on
Earth. Some of these plants are from the dinosaur age. Each plant is
organized and displayed in chronological order.
Waikiki attracts 72,000 visitors each day. That is 44 percent of all
visitors on all of the islands. How is that for an Oahu fun fact.
9) Honolulu is the second most expensive city in the United States.
Anchorage, Alaska is the most expensive.
10) The Hang Loose sign (shaka sign) was made popular on the north shore of Oahu in Laie. It was a unique greeting representing a famous leader Hamana Kalilii a local leader who lost three fingers from his right hand in an industrial accident. When he waved at somebody, it looked like the hang loose sign.
11) Hawaii is the only State in the United States that continually grows
larger. This is due to volcanic activity that flows into the ocean and
cools and forms new land.
12) In 1884, King Kamehameha V offered to sell a strip of land running from downtown Honolulu to Diamond Head to Eliza Sinclair, a rancher’s widow from New Zealand, for $10,000.00. She looked at the land and turned him down because the land wasn’t fit to raise cattle. This priceless land is now known as Waikiki.
13) Honolulu’s first Public Library containing 130 volumes, opened in
1879. It was hoped that it would become an alternative to the city’s
notorious saloons. Women were not allowed inside.
14) Paradise Cove Luau, the largest luau in the State of Hawaii, cooks
127.5 tons of kalua pig each year for it’s nightly luaus.
15) Charlie Chan, the fictional flatfoot hero of six novels and 50 movies
was based on Honolulu police detective Chang Apana, a rough, but honest cop with a no nonsense attitude. Earl Derr Biggers found him to be the perfect inspiration for his first book of the series, “House without a key”. He started writing this book in a cottage that was located where the Halekulani Hotel now sits. The Halekulani named it’s cocktail terrace
after the book. Now that is a real Oahu fun fact that not too many people
know.
Honolulu is an ultra-modern city full of enormous diversity. The county of Honolulu is home to approximately 800,000 people of all races and cultures. It is what gives O’ahu the nickname, “The Gathering Place.”
Better hurry up to sign up before it is TOO LATE since the deadline will
be on July 15th and there are 34 seats left. So grab it and You will
always cherish in your heart and your mind and your spirit. Make an order and send a mail and please e-mail to Tamara to let her know that you are interesting to go and to have her to hold a seat for you once you send a check. Here is the website that you can make a order:
http://www.deafcruise.com/plan/2009/hawaii/pre_event.php
We hope you all will join with us as we take in those unforgettable sights
and memorials. We are sure that the memories and the sights you will see during your stay here in Hawai’i for the Pre-Deaf Cruise event and the Deaf Cruise will stay with you for a lifetime.
Malaho,
Mark Morales
Hawaii 2009 The Pre-Deaf Cruise Event Chairman