Once again, we ventured out on the Hana Hwy... here are a couple sentences from the West Jet UP! magazine (Dec '09) article titled 'The Road to Hana by Harley', written by Colleen Seto, that I think sums everything up...
"It's as though Maui's Road to Hana (officially and aptly called Highway 360) was built for motorcycles. The 600 curves and 54 one-lane bridges that leave many a rental car returned with a certain scent of 'eau de vomit' are the same ones that make the route riders paradise"... the whole article is written from a motorcycle perspective and after driving it, I can definitely see the reason for that mode of transportation! We were in a big rental Ford Excursion and there were some pretty tight corners! On some of the turns, you could see scrapes where vehicles had encountered the rock surface! As for the 'eua de vomit' there was a lot of that flying around too and hence the reason for a lot of stops and nature walks along the way... ah... fresh air....
This was actually on Dec 7th, near Paia and the waves were super big that day
Paia (along the Hana Hwy)
Paia
Dec 10th - waves, waves & more waves...
Jackson
Liam
Ethan
Waves - this was a really pretty stop
Huelo Lookout - fruit & smoothie stand... another fresh air stop :)
Bamboo
Nature walk...
... saw a lot of interesting plants, trees, roots, etc
Cole & daddy
weird huh?!
a 'rooty' staircase
some boys we found along the way :)
Quiet trees at work
At the end of the trail, the boys had a quick game of hide & seek - Uncle Murray searched the trees and 'found' the boys...
These two were the last monkeys found (on purpose of course)... I think Liam just about filled his pants when Uncle Murray snuck around the other side of the tree and scared them
our non-motorcycle wheels :)
Hana
one of our stops - there was a truck there selling neat jewellery etc for really cheap
The Oasis Pools, past Hana
Jackson @ Oasis Pools
J&E
Ethan
We had to be there super early, so here's the morning sunrise as we drove to our destination...
some of the fish we saw...
Stop #1 - Molokini
We got breakfast & lunch on the boat - here's Andrea grilling up some burgers!
Drying off after round one...
Buddies - W&J
Buddies - E&P
Buddies - K&L
Whatever works to entertain him and keep him content in the stroller! He was so good!
Miles & Ethan
This guy, Joshua W. Greenberg of Boneyfish Studios, was our resident videographer for the day & took footage on the boat & in the water... we had to pay to be on the video (and then wore a wristband so he knew who to look for) and we just got our DVD in the mail last week! It was great to see the kids snorkelling and underwater creatures etc. Lotsa fun!
In most places you were NOT allowed to feed the fish but in Turtle Town, they gave us some leftover breakfast buns & the boys were allowed to feed the fish :) Very exciting!!
my nephew with the fish
Ethan
Miles & Jackson
Jackson
Coley - a scuba wannabe
Tiger Woods' house (red roof)... or as our guide put it, it might belong to his wife now...
all snorkelled out & enjoying the sights :)
turtle swimming about :)
