Hawaiians, they kind of love the royal appellations, although apparantly "Duke" is actually a given name. Duke Kahanamoku is venerated for having spread the popularity of surfing, once the sport of royals here, in the playground of royals. As a small aside - despite its modern glitz, I find something poignant and a little tragic about the remnants of lost royalty here, in the playground of Hawaii's former kings and queens. And it's a bit touching that to this day, people still festoon this larger than life bronze sculpture of the Duke with leis.
Bishop isn't a title either, I guess - it's the family name of the founder of the museum, who named it in honour of his wife, a Hawaiian princess and the last descendent of the Kamehahamehas. We took the bus from downtown Waikiki and the kids asked "Will there be dinosaurs?" We told them of course not, it was about Hawaiian history, culture, and natural history. We were wrong.
Also, they roared when you walked past, which must have caused younger kids to wet their pants. Fortunately this did not happen with ours.
though they're not too old for this, yet.
The King Kamehameha statue in downtown Honolulu, not festooned with leis as we were hoping, but still pretty impressive.
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