“View” from the summit of Mount Haleakala

June 15th 2022
I’m up at 1.15am for the second time in two days in the hope that this time the bus that‘s supposed to take me up Mount Haleakala won’t leave me behind. It’s a full load, and our guide introduces himself as Trevor. I appear to be one of the younger members of the party. The email that came with the booking confirmation included “you must be able to hike a 1/2 mile at elevation and over ... read more

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Dave and Issy Sheehan

DaveandIssy

Former TravelPod Member: the.sheehan Joined: June 22nd, 2015 We live in Melbourne, Australia, with our three offspring Scott, Emma and Troy, Coco the dog, and cats Sidney and Chilli. As at 2015 our offspring have all left school and should, in theory at least, be capable of fending for themselves, so as long as they don't kill each other or burn the house down, we can now happily trip off into the sunset. Issy was born in Malta. She came to Australia with her family when she was four, and as at early 2015 she's never been back. I was born in London to Australian parents who met ... full info

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24th June 2022

RENanDREW
Ren & Andrew

Hmmm
That doesn't look like a lot of fun to me... on so many levels. It's so unfortunate that you missed out on the sunrise view, but I have to admit that I started giggling when you mentioned the trouble with the bus steps and continued giggling for most of this travel tale. Sorry :)

30th June 2022

DaveandIssy
Dave and Issy Sheehan

Lacking a view
Thx for reading. We seemed to get back without any obvious casualties, well if you exclude the complete lack of anything resembling a view…

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