Our last day taking photos underwater

We snorkeled again this morning, and found ourselves frequently accompanied by a pair of lined butterflyfish.   They were quite friendly, and were often too close to take photos of.

Bori and the lined butterflyfish

We made a couple of attempts to take an underwater selfie.  Since you can't see what you are aiming at, it's a little harder than you might think.

Aloha!

This year, we have seen lots of beautiful tropical fish, and tried to photograph many of them.  Some were incredibly hard to catch up with.  Others were kind and posed for us.  Here are a few interesting fish to last you until next season.

Redlip parrotfish

Bird wrasse

Rockmover wrasse

Ukelele festival

Today, after swimming in the ocean up north, we stopped at Waikoloa for their annual ukelele festival.  We had been enormously entertained 2 years ago by the large scale and avid participation of Hawaiians in performing the music and interpretive dance.  Today, there was only a single performance stage, and during the time we watched, it was a single Hawaiian playing lounge music on an electric ukelele, with the accompaniment of a music synthesizer.  It was definitely not the Hawaiian music we were expecting.

A big crowd showed up, and we saw lots of people carrying their ukelele cases on their backs.  There were clinics on how to build ukeleles and lessons available.

 

Chasing butterflies

Make that, chasing butterflyfish.  We have the great fortune to frequently encounter 6 or 8 different butterflyfish as we snorkel here in Hawaii.  They are lovely fish, often in various patterns of yellow, white, and black.  As a group, they look like an art class assignment.  Several species have the same Hawaiian name.

Racoon butterflyfish (kikakapu)

Fourspot butterflyfish (lauhau)

Ornate butterflyfish (kikakapu)

Threadfin butterflyfish (kikakapu)