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Day 102: The Big Island Day One, pt 4

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

A little panorama created on my iPod!  This is the Lua Manu crater on the Chain of Craters Road.  It is more of a sinkhole than a volcano… (Click to enlarge; BACK to return!) (It wasn’t terribly straight as a panorama, but neither is the ground here!) ~Curtis in Hawai’i! {!-{>

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Day 101: The Big Island Day One, pt 3

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

From the Orchid Gardens we traveled on to the Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park.  Here are some vents along side the road. The Dailylife Wife at the Museum/Observation Point. This is the Halema’uma’i Crater.  Part of the Kilauea Caldera, it has been actively venting since March of 2008.  This time.  It has been active a quite […]

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Day 100: The Big Island Day One, pt 2

Monday, April 9, 2012

After the waterfall we headed to the Akatsuka Orchid Gardens. There are hundreds of Orchids of all different varieties here.  Some are quite colorful. And some are plain. We had 25 minutes, including the restroom break. That is the downside to the Shore Excursions or organized tours. You are on a schedule, and never quite […]

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Day 99: The Big Island Day One, pt 1

Saturday, April 7, 2012

A nice view of the Pride of America across the Yacht Basin from our Shore Excursion. The Rainbow Falls in Hilo. *** *** … …… … What’s for dinner! A closeup… More to come! ~Curtis in Hawai’i! {!-{>

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Day 98: Sunrise on the way to Hilo!

Friday, April 6, 2012

Two views of the sunrise as we approached the Big Island at Hilo. Both shot with a Canon Powershot SX100IS. More to come! ~Curtis in Hawai’i off the coast of the Big Island (Hawai’i)! {!-{>

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Day 97: Leaving Maui in the Evening…

Thursday, April 5, 2012

Sometime after the whales ceased their show, we slowly left the dock to cruise on to our next stop. The thrusters that all of the cruise ships now have sure make docking and undocking look easy: no tugboats needed!  But they sure stir up a mess… This is the port arrival building we had to […]

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Day 96: A Whale of an Afternoon, pt 2

Thursday, April 5, 2012

The photos in this post are one series of shots I took.  In all I doubt it took ten seconds.  The photos are a bit grainy because of the sea-mist I was shooting through, the “high” ISO I had to use (500) and they are hand held.  The whales are several hundred yards away.  At […]

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Day 95: A Whale of an Afternoon, pt 1

Thursday, April 5, 2012

We decided to relax for the afternoon before the Boat departed, by sitting on our balcony and watching the ocean.  It wasn’t long before we sighted… (Click to enlarge; BACK to return!)   Yup!  Whales.  Right off our pier!  Of course, being on the 9th floor/deck helped… Note there are two whales.  It is near […]

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Day 94: Our Next Morning on Maui!

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

We got up entirely too early the next morning: 3:45am is when we had to be at the bus and off of the Boat! We were up at that unhappy hour to go to the very top of Maui, the Crater on top of Haleakala, to watch the sunrise! It was pretty neat, as you […]

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Day 93: Maui! pt 2

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Of course, more waterfalls! Another view: There isn’t much to do in Hana…it is just a great, friendly, remote place to live.  The road in was a burro trail until WWII.  It wasn’t paved until the 1970’s, and then only as one lane most of the time.  We had lunch at a nice gift shop […]

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