The Tree Of Life

...Continued from yesterday:     
     Below the lobby of the Hale Koa hotel,

...there is a courtyard,

...landscaped with beautiful tropical flora and fauna.

     In the center of the courtyard there is a giant tree with some kind of vines or hanging roots that cascade downward from the branches.

        I was fascinated by the tree, as I'm sure are most visitors  to the Hale Koa, and I loved looking down at it from the lobby above.

...especially at night when it was lit up with blue light.

    My grand daughters loved the tree, too.

    They named it the Tree of Life.

       We had talked about having a family picture taken while here in Hawaii, but the days were so busy that it seemed that we might not get around to it.
         As of Saturday the photo shoot still hadn't happened.
        On Saturday morning most of the group - myself not included - left for a visit to Pearl Harbor, and when they returned on Saturday afternoon, though the sky was cloudy and overcast and the sea had turned from bright turquoise blue to grey-green,

...we opted to spend the rest of the day at the beach,

​...where my grand daughters made a friend.

    While we were on the beach the subject of the family picture arose. The day was overcast and almost done at that; still, this was almost our last day; should we try to get the picture done this day?
     We decided to give it a try, and we packed up, left the beach, and agreed to meet in an hour, at 5 pm, under the Tree of Life, which we all agreed should be the backdrop for our family picture.
     By 5 pm we were all at the Tree. Tom went up to the lobby to seek out a staff member of the Hale Koa who might be willing to take a picture of us, and one of the desk clerks was happy to oblige.
     And so we had our family picture taken under the Tree of Life,

...and a few other shots as well.

      After our photo shoot we walked into downtown Waikiki,

...to have dinner at a little ramen place,

...where the food was really good and exotic-looking.

Tofu

​​Ramen

    After dinner we strolled around town,

​...and over to the Island Vintage Shave Ice stand next to the Royal Hawaiian Center.

     Then we sat around for a while,

...then walked around for a while,

...soaking up the aura of Saturday night in Honolulu.