Monthly Archives: March 2009

  Took a drive over to Waipio Valley.  Very cool place.   It is about 900 feet to the bottom of the valley down a very steep road.  Cars are not allowed down so I walked. This is the view at … Continue reading →

I arrived on the Big Island yesterday and did my first hike today up Puu WaaWaa which is an old volcano on the Kona Coast.   Here is the GPS data:   This is Puu Waawaa from down near where I … Continue reading →

I moved my weekend workout to Sunday taking Saturday off.  I think this helped end my ever weakening pushup and bench press numbers.   The hike up Koko Head was pretty fast.  17:47 up and 5:55 down.  I would have … Continue reading →

It has been raining a lot here in Honolulu.  The sun finally came out on Sunday…

The Economist published their annual ranking of the world’s most expensive cities.  Interesting to see my old residence of Singapore at #10 on the list.

I’m usually slow to get new gadgets and a gps is a good example.  I still don’t have one for my car (paper works fine) but I decided to buy a little hand held one for my many hikes.  The … Continue reading →

Apples were on sale this week at the market and I bought tons of them.   Since I can’t eat normal sweets, I decided to make a low fat apple crisp.     Start out with some sliced apples. Then, mix … Continue reading →