Maui Pictures
Posted by SBG on Saturday, May 28th, 2005 at 12:00 pm
Hi Lucy Fans!
This is SBG and I have preempted the Lucy Cat Blogging this week for a few shots of Maui.
Maui is an unbelievable place, with a lot of diversity. The island has mountains on the west and east sides with a large valley in the middle. The valley, no kidding looks a lot like South Dakota (if you ignore the ocean). Very flat, no people, few roads. Maui itself is 277 square miles and has a population of 144,000 people. Obviously, there are no big cities, but there is also a healthy population of tourists.
The eastern side of the island is primarily a rain forest and is largely uninhabited. We took the Hana Highway to Hana, which is about 50 miles long and has, count 'em, 617 curves. That's over twelve curves per mile. Considering that the first part is relatively straight, well, you get the picture. The area is a rainforest, although it must have been a little dry, because the waterfalls were not as flowing as I might have expected. The top of the mountain on the east side, Haleakala, is over 10,000 feet above sea level despite being only six miles from the ocean.
The real attraction for us was the ocean and the beach. The water is unbelievably blue, the views are breathtaking. Here are a few pictures that I snapped along the water.
Part of the island is a rainforest, the other part a desert. Note the dried grass here. Also, I liked that tree in the foreground.
Another shot that shows both the ocean and the dryness of the area on the south side (actually this is in an area known as West Maui).
We went on a dinner cruise out of Lahaina and were treated to this view along South Maui.
Sunset on the dinner cruise.
We went snorkeling at Molokini. The water was so clear, you could see 200 ft. Awesome. Molokini is a sunken crater that is located about 10 miles from Maui.
The backside of Molokini. Look how blue that water is. Unbelieveable.
Mrs. SBG loved the snorkeling.
A lot of our pictures were taken on film that has not yet been developed, and not so many on the digital camera. Hope you like these.
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Love the Maui pix! We're heading back to Maui for our 5th anniversary in Sept. We went there for our honeymoon also and can't wait to get back!! Glad to hear you had a great time also!
- Miller Man
That's a nice picture of the Mrs. And the rest of the scenery looks none too bad, either. Did you have an underwater camera with you for the snorkeling?
We did, but apparently it got wet. Don't know if the film in it will turn out.
We did, but apparently it got wet. Don't know if the film in it will turn out.
Ahhh Maui...
I went there a few years ago. Snorkeled at Molokini, took the Road to Hana tour, a wonderful luau at the Grand Wailea resort.
The vacation of a lifetime!! I would do it again in a hearbeat!!
Glad you enjoyed your honeymoon.
Well, alright, I was actually looking for kitty pictures, but these will do. Fantastic photos. Makes me want to be there!
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