Hana Highway is the most scenic and sickening tour on Maui. It is famous for record numbers of bridges and hairpin curves, made even more fun by sections that are so narrow only one car can drive through at a time. Luckily I wasn't the driver, I had a window seat in a van and could sit back and ... try not to get carsick. Our (excellent) driver/guide from the hostel, Montana, was this awesome burly guy who grew up in Alaska and had tons of great wildery stories to entertain us with when the passing mountains, streams, exotic plants (like [View Full Entry]

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a hiking trip through the 3000 ft deep crater of volcano Haleakala, the "house of the sun"... [View Full Entry]

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hello again everyone! I was thinking about how much I miss Hawaii and want to go back soon and I thought of something also very interesting in hawaii. When we were there, we went on a private hike up through the mountains right near honolulu. We had a guide with us that was telling us all the flowers and trees that we were passing by. My mom and I were interested to see which trees and flowers were native to this island. Our guide responded in tellingeat us that most of the trees were not native at all and very few [View Full Entry]

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Here are the past couple of days: Yesterday we went to - ok bear with the spelling - Lapahoihoi (ok phonetically, lappa hoy hoy, that should help.) This is where a huge tidal wave wiped out a school full of children in 1946. The *most beautiful* place, i'm tellin ya... then again, how many *the most beautiful places* have i written about so far?? The day we were there the water was so wild, like on the verge of tsunami. No i'm kidding, there was no tsunami action goin on. But Kathy told me this is where everyone comes to swim, [View Full Entry]

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I think i left with Friday, right? Saturday - just because i knew i was allowed to sleep in as late as possible, of course my eyes spring open at 7:30. Tell me i've gotta be awake by 9, and i'll sleep all day. I'm weird. We did a lot of cleaning and grocery shopping Saturday in preparation of Sunday's plans. The Scott's bookstudy was assigned to feed Sunday's visiting speaker for their hall, so we were going to cook for that; we were asked to bring a covered dish to the party in the afternoon, and since Dave was the [View Full Entry]

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a trip to Hawaii to present my summer research... [View Full Entry]

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I've been hounded for not updating the past couple days. Truth be told, there hasn't been enough exciting activity to merit blocking up your e-mail lately; we went to Macy's the other day... it's not nearly as big as the ones we're used to, but they had a decent sized one. Every store common to the Carolina's has somewhat of a Hawaiian flavor to it here... everything in Wal-mart has some type of floral print on it, or some sort of Hawaiian greeting.. no winter clothes, no boots.. I've heard things are outrageously expensive here, but so far the majority seems [View Full Entry]

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I've got quite a bit of material tonight... but for real guys, it's not so exciting in writing. In my short time here so far, i've experienced things i couldn't even imagine - i didnt know i was missing out because i honestly didn't what i was missing. We drove about 15 minutes down the road to Mauna Lani (?) beach to see the sunset. I'll tell ya, i absolutely fell in love with this beach... the grass is so soft and green and scattered with palm trees... it opens up into sugar soft white sand enclosed in naturally placed stone [View Full Entry]

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The truck up Diamond Head was a bit treacherous but we made it! The view of Waikiki beach from up there was awesome. We're fitting in some beaching and Mai Tai's when we can. The Arizona Memorial is a must see. Chief WikiWiki (Dan) was the star of the Luau. Unfortunately I only have quality images on video! Snorkeling at Hanauma Bay today! Aloha K Have we mentioned it's gorgeous here? [View Full Entry]

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My first week in Hawaii has come to a close. I'm sure each week hereafter will fly by just as quickly as the first. The atmosphere here is so different from the Mainland; time is not especially priority here... people get things done at their own leisure and enjoy the scenery on the way. This kind of lifestyle would drive most Mainlanders crazy i suppose, but it's a pleasant temporary change. After yesterday's entry, i went up to take a nap, say around 3:30... Dave woke me up around 6:15 so we could catch the sunset... but no lie, i could [View Full Entry]

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