Diamond Head! Clearly one of the iconic symbols of not just Honolulu and Pearl Harbor, but all of Hawai'i.
I left the hotel room about 7:30am. I Uber-ed to the Diamond Head Trailhead. I was surprised that to get to the actual trail head I had to walk through a tunnel that took me inside of the crater. I then walked across the crater floor to the trailhead. So, the trail up to the rim peak actually starts on the inside of the crater, initially nothing more than a steadily steepening sidewalk. Eventually the concrete sidewalk ended and the path evolved into a series of stairs and switchbacks carved into the basalt rim of the crater. Finally, near the top another narrow pedestrian tunnel took me from inside the crater rim to outside. Another 100 stair steps and I was at the top of Diamond Head. This is a popular trail and there were hundreds making the trek with me. I was glad I had done it.
The tunnel leading into the crater
Trail leading up the inside rim
Pedestrian tunnel
Diamond Head was thoroughly tunneled and fortified during World War II
Diamond Head's crater
Looking back on Waikīkī beach
After descending from the top of the rim, I decided to walk the two and a half miles back to the hotel. A nice walk through upscale and low scale shopping, a beach park, and lots of statues honoring Hawai'ans and the surfing culture.
Duke Kahanamoku
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