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Going Down in Hawaii

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The Pyramids artificial reef Japanese "sculpture" normally used to grow seaweed The depth gauge gauging . Remains of a MidPacifics airplane Sunken ship known only as YO-257 the sunken San Pedro Couldn't ask for a nicer day. Diamond Head volcano as seen from the boat This past Thursday, my flight out of Honolulu did not leave until 3pm, so I had an afternoon and I had a mission. My mission was to do something new in Hawaii, something I had not already done. This simple criteria quickly ruled out climbing Diamond Head (already ruled out my pitiful lack of stamina), visiting Chinatown (already ruled out by my recent bok choy over-saturation), shopping for loud floral wear (already ruled by what I like to consider a semblance of sartorial taste) and trolling the island in search of 99 cent Mai Tais (already ruled out by a hangover from the previous night’s Mai Tai binge). These exclusions and the short time frame available left both myself and th