Kapolei Tapestries

Do you love the abundance of ocean life that can be found in Hawai? Have you ever swam or scuba dived with sea rays? Remember your Hawaiian islands vacation to Kapolei with this marine art of two swimming manta rays.

Did you know? In October of 1796, Captain Henry Barber arrived in the waters of Hawai`i aboard his ship the Arthur. Unfortunately, as he passed the entrance to Pearl Harbor, the ship capsized on a reef. Barber and his crew took to smaller boats, eventually arriving at the southwest tip of Oahu. The incident was later commemorated by renaming the surrounding area (originally known as Kalaeloa or "long point" in Hawaiian) as Barbers Point. Barbers Point Lighthouse is adjacent to Germaine's Luau, home of one of the major luau events on Oahu. The original lighthouse, built in the late 1800s, was 42 feet tall and made of coral stone. As time progressed, the tower revealed signs of deterioration, and by 1933 a concrete tower was erected ...

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