Travelling in Your 70s

Halloween is a big deal in the states, but it seems to take on a new meeting here in Waikiki. People started in the stores dressing up the day before. Families appear to come out with their little kids to all the stores with a little bucket of candy they give out. Everyone seems to dress up whether they are going to a party or not. However, it seems to get a little rowdy once the kids are gone. The police are out keeping a watchful eye. From Hugh Hefner to Bette Midler to Marilyn and Elvis. Halloween In Honolulu…

No pictures today of Maui except for the one down towards Waikiki Beach. We checked out of our lovely place in Piaha at 10 AM and had a few hours before our flight left at 3 PM. We went and rechecked the surfers for a bit of a while at Ho’okipa Beach Park. Ho’okipa Lookout For watching the surfers and epic surf, Ho’okipa Lookout is the place to be. The lookout is on the edge of a cliff overlooking “Pavilions” – the popular surfing-end of the beach. Conditions permitting, more adventurous folks walk down toward the tip of the rocky…

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 out of the various low-lying cloud layers. Sometimes, we were in heavy mist, and it was like rain and other times, blazing sun. We made our way up to the volcano crater and took a short walk to look down and see the magnificent sight….

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 as we saw a large variety of fish, including some that are not found only in Hawaiian waters, such as potters angelfish, saddle rice, Hawaiian hogfish, white spotted Toby, bullet head parrot fish, surgeonfish, blue stripe butterfly fish, millet head butterfly fish, and brown surgeon…

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 road to Hana is a famous scenic drive some call “the world’s most beautiful drive.” It’s a long curvy road with amazing scenery of the ocean, waterfalls and pools, vegetation and more. It is a rainforest that receives a fantastic amount of rainfall, whereas some…