Island Chronicles by Augusto Decastro
Nuchi du Takara: Life is the Treasure
From Okinawa to Hawaii Nuchi du Takara: Life is the Treasure Performances by Daiichi Hirata, Director General of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism for the Okinawa Prefectural Government Frances Nakachi-sensei, Tamagusuku Ryu Senjukai Hawaii Derek Ichiro Shiroma-sensei, Okinawa Minyo Kyokai Hawaii Produced by Shari Tamashiro Filmed in WWII Valor in the Pacific National [...]
Hiking in Downtown Honolulu
I was on my way to St. Patrick’s day block party in Nuuanu when I realized that I’ve never explored downtown Honolulu. I had time to kill so I decided to walk around a few blocks to do some scouting.
HURT100
The HURT100 trail race is organized by the awesome people of the Hawaii Ultra Running Team. This year I volunteered in Paradise Park deep in Manoa Valley which is one of the three aid stations for this trail course. These ultra runners began their 100 mile trek in the Nature Center (Makiki) at 6 in [...]
Purple Group Picnic
The Purple Group is part of the Marathon Clinic which meets at 6am instead of 7:30am on Sundays at Kawaikui Beach Park. Today, Benny shared his talent for the art of Gyotaku and printed menpachi and other kinds of fish on t-shirts. Michael also helped by printing Chinese characters.
Over the Pali Run
Fun run with the Soul Runners. We passed by interesting terrain before reaching Pali Lookout. After 12 miles, we finished near a Starbucks in downtown for coffee, but not without doing a pyramid first.
Koko Crater Arch Hike
One last hike with Christi before she left for the mainland. Once we reached the crater ridge, we traversed to the peak and went down the stairs.
Old Pali Hike
Statehood Day hike up the Pali. Once we reached the peak, we sang the Happy Birthday song to the 3 members of this hike born in August. Unfortunately, it was cloudy at the peak so we didn’t have a nice background view with this group photo. But it gave us an excuse to climb it [...]