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| My Hilo host, activist Charles DiBella, outside the Kahuina gallery he helps steer, along with his many other bike and recycling projects. www.dibella.biz | Agh .. don't I look white? Well, this was the first non-rainy, sunny day in a week. | McDonald's overpackaged 'Big 'n' Tasty' which finally does what Burger King has offered all along - a slice of tomato in it! | Hilo Saturday Market. | Sometimes I can't help but think your flip flops (called thongs downunder and slippahs in Hawaii) are cleaner than some feet ... |
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| Is there some kind of foot fetish here or ...? | Buy Indonesian so the proprietor can spend his earnings locally. Pretty impressive photo albums etc. | Rustic way of showing your photographs. | Why does this make me think of Tiny Tim? | How about a bamboo clutch for your mumu? |
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| Testing my new Panasonic Lumix FX9 camera ... it has image stabilzation, which should help make my movies less shaky and flashless low light shots more flattering. Thanks to John Allen for pointing me to this camera!, bought from the hardsellers at www.b | Mona Kea - or is it Mona Loa? You can see both from the Hilo Bayfront, nicely set off by this chain link fence. | The best Thai in Hilo, apparently. Pad Thai pretty good, a little small for $7.95 - I ate the whole plate. | Onomea vista. | This is where folks who've paid the $15 entry to see the Hawaii Tropical Botanic Garden segue with the plebs who didn't pay (like me). Has a guard to escort you off the trail should you stray... |
