balconies

There are just a few old buildings left in the concrete jungle of Louis Vuitton, Sportsac, Tumi, and clothes stores that's downtown Waikiki - but here is a wonderful collection of pale blue tin balconies. Doubtless some developer would dearly like to tear these down and build high-rise in their stead, but for now, there's a corner of old Hawai'i left.

Of course, some of us are benefiting from the view from the 29th floor of a hotel high rise.  This is a very surreal place to have a NAVSA conference, to be sure ...