I never realized that you could hike to the top of Diamond Head on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. I had always thought of it as a backdrop to standard photos of Honolulu. It turns out to be a very popular hike. So popular that finding parking to make the hike is difficult. The view of the city is very impressive. It seems that many cities in the world have built up with skyscrapers rather than out like Phoenix and Los Angeles. In Phoenix there are very few tall buildings. But here, in Honolulu, where land is at a premium, the best way to utilize the land is go up. You can also see the famous Waikiki Beach, visible as a curved beach at the edge of the ocean. This is the dry side of the island and the grass and trees are not lush and green as in many other places. In fact, on the hike up to the top of the Diamond Head, it looked a lot like the desert around Mesa and Phoenix.
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