A PHOTO UPDATE TO THE SAND PROJECT

Here's a few more photos of what they're doing to the beach at Waikiki.  Still not able to pump sand down the beach once it's on shore, but getting plenty out of the ocean.  You can't even see the ocean thru the mound of sand on Kalakaua.  What a mess!

It was a dark and rainy day.  This is the pile of sand that you see from across the street.

This is the beach blocked off.  The pond of water is normally sand.

They pump the sand into this area to "dewater" it before pumping it down by the pink hotel (The Royal Hawaiian).  To bad the pumping isn't working.

This photo is taken from the "Groin" area that extends out into the ocean.

This is the platform anchored off shore that they are pumping the sand from the ocean with.  Then it is sent to shore thru underwater pipes and ends up in the pile above.

Just what you want to see when you come to Waikiki, huh?