After lunch, we headed for Diamond Head by bus. The lively scene I saw on Waikiki Beach made me happy. I saw the same scene yesterday, but I hadn't fully enjoyed it due to my jet lag. The trolleybus passed Waikiki Beach and climbed up a slight gradient around Diamond Head in a counterclockwise direction. Finally the bus went into a tunnel, named Kahala Tunnel, through the mountain forming the rim of Diamond Head. The bus reached a flat area. I understood that Diamond Head surely used to be a volcano far back in the past and we were in the center of the fire pit. My wife felt a little drowsy, and stayed in the information booth, but my daughter and I tried to climb up to the summit of Diamond Head.
(Vocabulary)
far back in the past / a long time ago ずっと以前
昼食後は3人でダイヤモンドヘッドへ。トロリーバスで向かった。途中のワイキキビーチの賑わいは見ているだけで楽しくなった。昨日は眠くて十分に見られなかった景色だが、今日は存分に楽しめた。やがてバスはトンネルを通りダイヤモンドヘッドの内側へ。ここまでは昨日も来たが今日は頂上まで登ってみようと思う。カミさんはバス停近くにあるネイチャーセンターの冷房の中で過ごすという。まあまだ眠いのだろう。
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