MAUI
DECEMBER 2001
| Here we are Christmas evening with some cool lights. We ate dinner
at a polynesian restaurant that was built on top of a huge fish pond. You could
actually pick out the lobster your want out of the pool. There were tons of fish of
all types swimming around in there too.
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Here is just one of Maui's dozens of excellent beaches. This one is
appropriately called Big Beach.
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| The east side of Maui consists of a 10000 ft volcano called Haleakela.
It is a national park and has an excellent road to the top. We day hiked a
few miles down into the crater which is a spectacular sight. The crater consists of
many different hues of colors.
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On the trail in Haleakala crater.
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| A plant called the Silversword grows here. It really is silver.
It grows for 50 years and then has a brilliant stalk of blooms then dies. We
unfortunately didn't see any blooming since that occurs in the summer.
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We then drove out on the Hana Highway. It is a beautiful drive with
hundreds of curves and 50 or so one lane bridges. There are countless waterfalls
along the way. This road ranks right up there with the most scenic roads in the
country.
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| The surf was up so there were lots of surfers doing their thing. It
was fun to watch. Check out the see arch in the background!
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We had another excellent view from our condo in Hana.
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| Hana has a secluded beach that is RED. It is called, duh, Red Beach
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Sigh, just another typical sight along the Hana Highway.
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| Haleakala NP also has a section of the park over on the coast near Hana.
This area is called O'heo Gulch, AKA The Seven Sacred Pools. It is a series
of pools where the water plunges over waterfalls into the next pool. Very pretty and
very fun for the throngs of people who come here to swim and jump off the cliffs.
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We hiked about a half mile uphile from the 7 pools to a pool called
Infinity Pool. This pool dumps out over a 200 ft water fall into a big pool below,
WAY below.
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Click here to check out the snorkeling underwater views
