Today’s adventure was to Haleakala National Park, with a top altitude of 10,023 feet. That is quite a climb when you think that we started from the ocean, practically at sea level, to climb up 10k feet through many winding hairpin turns. I must say the road is in excellent condition. We went in and…
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Day 28 – Snorkelling in Maui
Surf’s up! Or should I say surfs down? Finally, the perfect day for snorkelling. No pictures of me snorkelling as I was too busy doing it all morning. I must confess it was not quite as good as the Cook Islands, but other than Niue, what is? Snorkelling in Maui I am certainly not complaining…
Day 27 – The Road To Hana, Maui
The Road To Hana …. Hana is 50 miles one way, which takes two hours if you don’t stop for some beautiful sites. Just a few minutes drive on our journey to Hana is where the international competition for surfers is held. Ho’okipa Beach Park has some of the biggest surf waves in Hawaii. The…
Day 26 – Makena State Park, Maui
Today’s travel was a trip through what is considered south central Maui. We drove to the end of the road to Makena State Park and the last lava flows on Maui in 1790. Makena State Park Located in Makena (south of Wailea), Makena State Park comprises of 165 acres and is composed of…
Day 25 – Sunset in Maui
We were pretty useless today… going to bed so late. We spent the day driving along the West Maui coast up to Lahaina. It was utterly wall-to-wall cars slowly making their way around the coast and back. We stopped at Olowaui Beach for a swim, as the waters were too rough for decent snorkelling. At…
Day 24 – Farewell San Francisco and the Mission District
The only thing we hadn’t done that was still on Louise‘s list was visiting the mission district. Packed and ready to check out our hotel, we still had three hours to spend in San Francisco before picking up our taxi to the airport. Mission District is relatively spread out. I found the Women’s Building we…
Day 23 – The Great Sausalito
The Pretty Town of Sausalito Today we took the ferry across to Sausalito. It is rather quaint and another place for the tourist to visit. We took a bus from the central town to see the floating homes. This is something like the batches in New Zealand, except it’s far more extensive, and they called…
Day 22 – Walking in San Francisco
Today was mainly walking in San Francisco, which was unusually hot for San Francisco. More like the weather we expect on our next stop – Hawaii. We went down to the harbour front and then back to Chinatown. I convinced Louise that she needed another massage so I could have one too. We returned to…
Day 20 – Golden Gate Park and Botanical Gardens
A beautiful day and what better way to enjoy the day than spend most of it at Golden Gate Park. We reserved some electric bikes, but first, we stopped for a lovely coffee at Haight Ashbury, which leads into the park. The bike place promised to have the bikes ready for us, but they didn’t…
Day 19 – Golden Gate Bridge and Pier 39
Today was a little disappointing, but we made the most of it by visiting the Golden Gate Bridge. We had arranged to take a half-day wine tour, but it was cancelled due to the lack of demand. The weather has been pretty much the same for the last few days—about 17° and slightly overcast. Golden…