I focused on downtown Honolulu today and visited the Supreme Court building and the Iolani Palace. It just happened that they had a performance of the Royal Hawaiian Band at the palace ground today. The history of the Hawaiian natives is similar to that of the indigenous people of North America. When their fortune was threatened, the American blatantly overthrew the queen and the Hawaiian kingdom in 1893. It became a US territory first and became a state in 1959. Today, only 6% of the population is native Hawaiian. 37% is Asian in which the Filipino is the biggest group. The rest is Caucasian.
There was a "farmers' market" right in downtown pedestrian street but their prices were not the same. I continued to walk to Chinatown. Not very big but the usual shops. I managed to find a hidden away market which sells all kinds of cheap eats (mostly Filipino food) and fresh fruit smoothies. I spent $5 on a big plate of combo fish and $4 on a big papaya smoothie. So good! The walk from Chinatown back to the hotel took 45 mins and covered 2 miles.
Yi was free starting at 3p so we went to do the Diamond Head. First time for Yi. We then walked back to Waikiki beach to look for the baby seal that was born two days ago. On the way, we passed by a mango tree and an avocado tree in people's front yard. They are so blessed to have these fruit trees right in front!
We guessed the wrong spot to find the baby seal. By the time we went to the right beach, it's almost sunset but we were able to see it. Did not know that baby seal has black fur when born and then changes to brown color later. The mom would stay with the baby for 7 weeks and that's it. Baby will be on his/her own after that!
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