ShakaCon
III
Honolulu, HI
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when
one gets off the plane in HNL airport, one of the first things you'll
often notice are the restroom signs that have a distinctly Hawaiian
theme
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view
of Magic Island and Ala Moana Beach from our hotel balcony
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ships
in the nearby dock
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amazing
nighttime views... notice how closely compacted the city is... almost
no lights appear up on the mountainside at the city limits
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the
docks and Magic Island at night
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Kualoa
Regional Park
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it
was so beautiful and peaceful at Kualoa... the four of us were among
the only people there in most places
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a
handful of people off in the distance
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this
concrete seawall made for sheltered shallows in which to frolic easily
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a
couple of really nice little houses on a northward shore
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Andrea
and Daniele under the tall, tall palm trees
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our
bird friend... he showed up a few times on this trip
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more
lush expanse of fields, etc
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i
love how volcanic mountains look...
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and how they can form strange, beautiful outcroppings
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sitting
out in the water near the Mokoli`i island
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a
beautiful, deserted beach that we found
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the
water looks wonderful
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first
swim of the trip... and it was fantastic
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i
liked the appearance of this tree's bark
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looking
down through about three feet of crystal clear water
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interesting
driftwood
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more
shots of the awesome, jagged bassalt cliffs and mountains
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Small
Cove
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a
small cove at the roadside Makapu'u Point
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a
look out to sea across Waimanalo Bay to the nameless rock islands
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Makapu'u
Point lighthouse... its original "hyper radiant" Fresnel lens
(one of the world's most powerful lenses) is still in use today and
is the only one of its kind in use in the country
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more
shots of this lovely little cove
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lots
of photos in and among the surf
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a
great license plate
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driving
to Blowhole beach
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another
image of those captivating, deserted rock islands
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warning
signs with awesome images
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Hidden
Beach
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the
blowhole is to the northeast
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Andrea
looks out to the east, over the edge and out beyond the stretch of nothingness
that is the deep, blue Pacific Ocean
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looking
out from the scenic overlook near the blowhole, one could also peer
down to the south at a cove cut into the rock
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it
was clear that some locals went down there somehow...
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so i found a way down along the rock face
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Andrea
and Daniele followed
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they
just chilled out on the stones...
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but of course i had to hop into the water again
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Ala
Moana State Park
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this
was the beach nearest to our hotel
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it
was a lot of fun
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a
litle bit more crowded
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but
they had lots of spam musubi at the snack bar!
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Waikiki
at Night
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the
torches all over Waikiki streets are cool
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stopping
by the statue of Duke Kahanamoku
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everyone
was a little bit toasted at this point...
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including me
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Training
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after
spending a number of days in Hawaii, we all remembered that i had to
get some actual work done
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i
conducted a stellar lockpicking class as always and my students were
terrific
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i
had fun
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ShakaCon
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the
view from outside the convention center was remarkable
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and
inside was cool, too
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the
structure is open
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and
filled with botanical gardens
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loads
of natural skylights and planters
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Pyr0
giving his espionage talk
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has
this man broken into your building? you wouldn't likely know even if
the answer is yes.
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Pyr0's
standard equipment on a job
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a
series of tubes. ;-)
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time
for more sushi
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Daniele
picking locks
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Pyr0
and Geffner rock the locks
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my
silly notion of an artistic shot
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more
gardens at the Convention Center
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the
entire rear of the building is open to the outside
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Gringo
Warrior
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Lockpick
Village
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Kaleen
works on her handcuffs
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Breaking
out of a Mexican jail
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Conference
staff enjoyed being here in their downtime
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We
called this the "Come to Hawaii, Receive Bacon" statue
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Out
to Dinner
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Lots
of happy speakers
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Lots
of pitchers of beer
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cool
dollar artwork
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kickass
keychain
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Lockpick
Village & Gringo Warrior
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Henry
rocks his way to freedom
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The
Gringo jail setup
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Kaleen
looks fine all the time, but this was one stellar outfit... and the
sex shop handcuffs are cute, too.
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Geffner
checks out the sexy cuffs
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Making
drinks in the Lockpick Village
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More
cocktails
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Pyr0
helps break down Gringo by deflating the guard
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Post-Con
Speaker's Dinner
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Pyr0,
Andrea, and i
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Daniele
and in the blurred background we see Joe McCray and Jason Geffner
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a
nice statue that Daisy liked
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Paul
Craig, Ed, and Pyr0
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we
didn't care about these indications...
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we wanted a good photo op on the harbor =)
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