Hawaii: Island Tour Part 2

Later, our tour took a weird turn. In route to the Buddhist Temple, we passed a large graveyard. Our tour guide spent no less than 30 minutes telling us about his own personal burial plans. I'm not kidding. A lot of talk about his plot, where it was originally, where it moved, the cost, what his wife thought about it, why he changed from cremation to burial...it was bizarre. Anyway, I had to take a couple of pictures of it.






OK, finally, the Buddhist Temple. It was in a beautiful location.


Yes, the leash was necessary.

It was very cool.

I like this. A little know fact is that my nickname for Jack is "Buddha." I have had lots of nicknames for Jack, but this one is the most common. It started when he finally gained some weight around 3 months old and looked like a little Buddha Baby. The name just stuck with me.

This was Jack's favorite part. I don't remember the significance as I was wrangling a 3 year old at the time.

The bamboo was huge! The picture doesn't do it justice.

The grounds were stunning.

Jack loved the black swans.

We only made a few more stops after the temple, including this ranch. The picture just doesn't do it justice. The mountains were huge behind it and so beautiful.

Jack did awesome for the 8 hour tour. We only had 2 issues, one fit thrown just before lunch, because it was so late in the day. The other in the last hour of the ride...just before he fell asleep. It figures, an 8 hour tour, and he falls asleep 20 minutes before it ends.