In September we spent a great week on Maui. We shared expenses for a condo at the Honokeana Cove Resort in the Napili area on West Maui, with our next-door neighbors, Pat and Rusty.
It is a beautiful location on a private cove that is home to several large turtles which we saw every day and snorkeled with a few times. The condo had two levels, each with a big lanai, so I was able to get up before sunrise each day and set camera/tripod up and take photos without disturbing anyone else.
A highlight of the trip was attending the Hawaiian Slack Key Masters concert, featuring Ledward Ka'apana, at the Naplili Kai Beach Resort.
Mike talked with Ledward after the performance and discovered that he had been in elementary school with one of Ledward's cousins. Small world..
We snorkeled in the cove and at Honolua Marine Preserve and Kapalua Bay, and we went to see the volcano Haleakala, and 'Iao Valley. The biggest disappointment was our trip to Haleakala - it rained, and rained, and rained, even at the summit.....the clouds never cleared that day. A park ranger said to think of it this way - we got to feel the park, most visitors get to see it. Ummm, ok, but we will go back and see it!
I used our small Canon camera in an underwater housing while snorkeling, it was the first time I had tried it and did manage to get some photos of marine life, though it was mostly trial and error until I figured it out.
Warning!! Lot's of photos, so I linked to the albums on Picasa.
Select the Slideshow option and enjoy Maui as I tried to capture it each day.
Sept 9 -10 Arriving on Maui, flora and fauna, sunrise and sunset
Sept 11 Haleakala
Sept 12 Sunrise, Dragon's Teeth, Snorkeling at Honulua Marine Preserve and Honokeana Cove
Sept 13 'Iao Valley, Ka'ahumanu Church, Kanaha Beach Park, sunset
Sept 14 - 15 Kapalua Bay, full moon setting over the cove, leaving Maui
