Enjoyed the pictures. Love Oahu, lived there as a kid in the 50's. A lot of people who have never been there sort of steer clear and go to the outer islands because all they think of is Waikiki and the hordes of tourists. It is really hard to get through to them that Oahu is so much more than that, my own daughter didn't even listen to me and is going to Maui later this month.
To me Oahu has the best of both worlds. If you want shopping and touristy stuff you can't beat Waikiki and if you want to get away from it all the rest of the island has a lot of secluded places.