We drove over to Kaneohe for lunch via the Pali Highway, but since it was raining, we decided it was not a good day for a hike to the viewpoint. After lunch, we headed up the east shore, and stopped for some pictures at Kualoa Beach Park.

This is called “Chinaman’s Hat” Island, and was taken a couple miles before the park along the highway. The picture below was taken from the park, about 90 degrees around the bay for a different viewpoint.

The mountain ridges just rise right up out of the ocean, with just a small area of flat land between the mountains and the ocean, most places less than 1/4 mile wide…