Pali Lookout

On the way back from Pearl Harbor, we made a short detour to the Pali Lookout. This spot provides a panoramic view of the windward coast of Oahu. In the background of this photo is the town of Kaneohe.

The Pali Lookout is the place where the road from Honolulu to Kailua ran. In the 1950s, a tunnel was constructed beneath the lookout that widened the road from two to four lanes. The lookout is normally a very windy place, but on this day, the wind was calm.

Legends abound about the Lookout - this is where Kamehameha I defeated the army of the king of Oahu in the late 1700s, and there are many ghost stories about the spirits of those defeated warriors who jumped over the cliff rather than be captured or tortured by Kamehameha.