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Showing posts tagged Maui
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Facebook | Videos Posted by Hawaii: Pailolo Channel, Off the Coast of Maui [HQ]
Wonderful. But once again we’ll miss whale watching because we’re too late in May :-(
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Tips for Haleakala Sunrise
Jake posted tips for the Haleakala Sunrise on the Hawaii Vacation Blog : Haleakala Sunrise
But Jake ain’t the only one who has a beautiful photo of a Haleakala (house of the sun) sunrise :-)
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I love the Hawaiian website way
We like going breakfast, lunch, dinner. That being said I want to stress something I just noticed when looking for places to eat. I stumbled upon a blog post from guest blogger Justine Volk on A Maui Blog: “Where Locals Eat In Kihei Maui”. So I opened the linked websites and voila: a lot of colors, paintings, pictures.
In Germany most restaurant websites try to appear serious. Only few colors, seldomly pictures of happy people. No paintings accept when they really are … serious. At least this is the way I experience German websites (not only the restaurant websites…).
But look at these websites, wow!
I love the Hawaiian website way!
These websites really make me … hungry :-)
Seriously Yours
Frank :-))
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Festivals and Events in Hawaii
On my search for places and events to go when we’re in Hawaii I discovered the event planner of the Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau (HVCB). On that page you may select a time frame, one ore more islands and several categories and voila: you get a list of events taking place.
For our Trip to Paradise I stored four queries in our bookmarks and our wiki pages:
- Kauai from 4/24 until 4/29
- Big Island from 4/30 until 5/06
- Maui from 5/07 until 5/12
- Oahu from 5/13 until 5/20
After that I signed up for a account at the HVCB, signed up for some newsletters and added some events to my list (hey HVCB wouldn’t it be cool to have everybody a public link to his very own “My Hawaii”?).
I found a bunch of new websites to add them to our Hawaii 2010 bookmarks :-)
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Silverswords / Hang Gliding from Haleakala
I just read the article “The Silverswords of Haleakala”. When I was in Hawaii in 1997 I saw some of those silverswords - terrific!
But what really thrilled me was to see Maui, Haleakala National Park, beaches from above when hang gliding from the Haleakala’s summit down to the beach somewhere near Kihei.
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”No place you have ever been can prepare you for the experiences and feelings you will have on the summit of Haleakala volcano. The landscape – deeply sculpted, richly colored, and intensely evocative will be unlike any landcape you have known. Visually expansive, the summit area continually eludes any attempt to understand its scale or dimensions.
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Banyan Trees in Hawaii
I just stumbled upon Cindy’s article “Banyan trees in Hawaii protect and inspire” which led me to Wikipeda (Banyan, Banyan Drive). As we will stay in Hilo for almost one week we for sure will drive the Banyan Drive :-)
I remember quite well the Banyan trees in Hawaii. One of the most impressive Banyan trees I remember is the Banyan tree in Lahaina which was planted on April 24, 1873
So you’re curious how such an old Banyan Tree is looking like? Here you go:
