I might have mentioned that the pounding surf, so far away, as the hotel is on a high cliff, is overpoweringly loud, and, standing here to take these photos at the St Regis in Princeville, I can't hear the doorbell ring:I might add that to the left of this view is Hanalei Beach where South Pacific was largely filmed in 1958. The opening scene is Bloody Mary's Bali Hai. A particularly memorable clip is of Juanita Hall singing Happy Talk...
