Looking out from the Hawaiian transport to the submarine
Looking back onto the beach
Surfers by the submarine
Looking at Diamondhead from the submarine transport boat
Looking back on Waikiki beach
enjoying the view from the transport
A beautiful sunny day for a boat ride
making waves
Looking at Diamondhead from the transport boat
Flying the flags
birds-eye-view from the transport boat
Further from shore
They mistakenly thought that they found diamonds on Diamondhead
a boat that marks the submarine site
The submarine is surfacing
Coming to the surface
up close
out at sea
preparing to enter the submarine
Down the hatch
One of our compatriots preparing to descend into the sub
final glimpse of the beach as we are descending into the sub
colour begins to change as we descend
Looking out the submarine windows
At 100 feet down, everything looks blue
underwater life
Looking out the submarine window
Reefs created to give safe habitat to smaller fish
The fish are drawn to these shelters
Strategically located to rebuild fish life
not what I would have expected, but certainly effective
fellow submariners
joyfully blue at 100 feet down
a sunken ship which serves as a fish habitat
No, this is not the Titanic 😉
My navy frogman uncle Don used to dive for sunken treasure in the Caribbean
It is interesting how underwater life reshapes sunken ships
Holding my breath until I turn blue
As we ascend, the blue colour is starting to become lighter
no mermaids in sight
The colours are gradually returning as we are coming back up
A final underwater ship
Definitely shipwrecked
Back up top
Saying ‘farewell’ to our sub
Heading back to shore
Flags flying as we head back to the beach
Our sub resubmerged with its next group of curious tourists
Back on shore after our submarine adventure
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Glad to be back on dry ground
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Edhird's Blog 
April 18, 2011 at 11:46 am
Dear Sir,
I am relatively new to twitter and social media in general. I have heard good things about you and your work for the Lord in North Vancouver. I hope to visit there sometime this year (Lord-willing). These photo’s make me jealous of your holiday to Hawai’i. Have you seen the new Christian movie “Soul Surfer”?
Looks live a great spot to live in, eh? Aloha, mate! Psalm 133 (Ecce Quam Bonum)
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April 18, 2011 at 3:59 pm
My sons have seen the movie and enjoyed it. I look forward to doing so myself.
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