Sunday, January 4, 2009

Hawaii - Nature, Fishponds, and plenty of Aloha (01 JAN 2009)

E komo mai to a brand new year!

Once we had recovered from the New Years festivities we set off for a little drive up along the coast of the island - our first of several such survey jaunts. We found lots of relatively untouched nature with a very local presence (as opposed to the usual out-of-control development imposed on many Hawaiian coastlines). We even came across a spectacular traditional Hawaiian fish pond - in use!
We do pardon that the first two video pre-view images depict neither the pretty landscape nor the amazing fishpond. Unfortunately, YouTube does not let you pick your preferred pre-view images but rather gives you three auto-selected images to choose from. They all featured Camilla and her face!! We did you a favor and picked the best ones. Sorry, it's the best we could do...

[HELP: IF YOUR VIDEO STOPS INTERMITTENTLY AS YOU TRY TO PLAY IT:
For those without super fast internet connections (including us, at the moment) your videos will probably not play continuously without some advance buffering. It is easy to buffer, however, so all is not lost. Simply click 'play' to start it playing, then just click the pause button (II) on the lower left side of the video screen until you see it has buffered 1/4-1/1 past the right side of the dot (there is a red 'play' line to the left of the dot and a faded red 'buffer' line to the right of the dot). Once buffered, simply hit the red play (>) arrow in the lower left corner again and the video should play through without interruption. If it does not, it is most likely because you did not let it buffer long enough. Slow connections may require you to buffer the entire video before you begin to play it - fine so long as you know what to do!!?? Now you know. Enjoy the show!]


'Greenery and the Church at the End of the Road':



'Hawaiian Fishpond #1':



'Birds and Song, Dogs and Bark, Horses and..'



Aloha!
Steve and Camilla

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