Blog 27: ALOHA!! from Hawaii.

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May 23rd 2008

Published: June 9th 2008

The 14th of May would turn out to be, quite literally the longest day of our lives. Our flight from Sydney to Honolulu would cover some 5081 miles and take 9 hours and 20 minutes. That part is all very simple, but crossing the International Date Line whilst in the air meant that although we would be leaving Sydney in the evening at 7:45pm, we would be arriving at 9:30 in the morning of the same da... Read Full Entry

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NEIL MILUM & SAM BROWN

MYLO

As we closed the door to the ambulance station, our shift came to a somewhat anticlimactic end. No big send off, no tearful farewells, in fact, no bugger all. But that was how we’d wanted it, choosing not to have a leaving party because, lets face it, we weren’t really leaving. However, this would be the last time we would see our place of work for a whole year. Now, I’m acutely aware of just how many people would love to be in this position, but just closing the door to an empty station, which like most places of work had become our second home, wasn’t how we’d pictured it. With nob... full info

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Battleship Row

The ill fated docking point of the USS Arizona

Road block

Approximately 8 miles of road have been lost to lava flows

Akaka Falls (The Big Island)

Lava exiting from 3 lava tubes

Conical mound

One of the eruption vents on Mauna Kea

Waikiki Beach

With Diamond Head in the distance

End of another day

From almost 14,000ft on Mauna Kea

Home coming

Standing on 'New land '

On the lava flows that as you can see have poured down the hillsides

Hawaiian sunset with ice

Mauna Kea

New land

The land below continues to increase with every lava flow.

Basking on the beach

Turtles at Punalu'u Black sand Beach

Belching toxic fumes

New activity from the crater of Kilauea

Steam vent

Volcanoes National Park - The Big Island

Flowers in the mist

Volcanoes National Park - The Big Island (steam vent in the background)

Us at South Point

The most southerly part of the USA

Black sands at Punalu'u

South coast on the Big Island

Mirror finish

A sailor in the US Navy takes us out to the USS Arizona Memorial

The battle continues through the night

Land and sea compete for space

10th June 2008

Annalisa Mari
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Thank you!
You blog was so beautifully written. I'm traveling to Oahu and Big Island this July with friends, and it was such a pleasure to read about the famous sites you visited. Thank you for the time and effort you put into this page.

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