We hiked to the famous Pill Box trail today. It's a steep hill range in Kailua in the affluent Lanikai neighborhood on the east coast of O'ahu. Apparently Bette Miller and many movie stars have homes here. There are 3 Pillboxes. These World War two bunkers that look like little square boxes dangerously perched at the edge of the cliff trail were once used as a lookout. Now, they serve as resting places for hikers who want to have a fast hike which reaps the best lookouts on O'ahu. We only climbed to the first one because it was an especially windy day and it was a little scary albeit exhilarating to be walking on a cliff looking down about 1000 feet down below towards the sea. Took us barely 20 minutes to reach the first Pill Box and it was a easy beginner's level hike. The view is drop dead gorgeous. Almost like a painting. There's no way to take a bad shot no matter which direction I turned.
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| Facing north at the steep trail heading up |
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| Facing south from the first Pill Box towards the second Pill Box |
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| Friendly locals enjoying the view with their gorgeous husky pup chillin' at the Pill Box |
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| Looking east towards the Mokulua islands |
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| Lanikai neighborhood and the Mokulua islands |
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