2008-11-05

Loving Maui

Well, I haven't written in a while because I was away - on a vacation in Hawaii.
Unlike other places I've been too, I love the fact that Hawaii is for everyone. Young and old, adventurous and not so adventurous... Usually, I want to see the best views, but I don't like the effort. Well in Hawaii that conflict was solved!

From the main islands of Hawaii - Ohua, Kauai, Big Island and Maui, Maui is my favourite.

This picture was taken in Haleakala National Park, where many people, tired and shivering, come to see the birth of a new day.
Being there, when it's pitch black and you wish you had a bonfire to sit on, made me think that the reason people call it "A once in a lifetime experience" is because once you did it, you'll never feel like doing it again.
Well, I don't know about that, but once the sun starts rising, and you see so many different colors changing before your very eyes, you know it's an amazing experience.

This picture was taken on a cruise to Molokini and Turtle Bay, where I saw the most amazing fish, but no turtels. But the fish! So many, so many colors and so many kinds!

Maui for me is Iao valley, where with a little imagination you almost see fairies and pixies running around. It's the luau by the sea with the great food. It's the huge tree in old Lahaina, and of course, Haleakala from where, some say, you can see the world is round, and Molokini, where the underwater life is breath taking.