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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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Day 93: Maui! pt 1

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

The sun rose as we slowly cruised into Maui.  We had to get moving because we had scheduled a Road to Hana tour… Out on the road we started with a nice rainbow… Of course, rainbows frequently come with…rain…this is the little road we were on.  The Road to Hana comes complete with warnings against […]

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Day 92!

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

One more quick shot of the Honolulu Habour as the sun was setting… (!/6, f4, 26mm, ISO 1000) ~Curtis in Hawai’i! {!-{>

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Day 91!

Monday, April 2, 2012

After we had passed Waikiki and gotten a bit further on, you could look back to see Diamond Head nestled amongst the diamonds… ~Curtis in Hawai’i! {!-{>

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Day 90!

Monday, April 2, 2012

As we sailed away from Honolulu, we passed along the famous Waikiki Beach…from a distance! (This is a panorama from two photos.  Click to enlarge, and BACK to return!) ~Curtis in Hawai’i! {!-{>

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Day 89: Onboard the Pride of America!

Monday, April 2, 2012

It was a very orderly boarding of the Pride of America, but we still had about a three and a half hour wait until our stateroom was ready.  The ship carries 2200-2400 passengers, and all of those staterooms have to be cleaned and refitted between about 10am and 3pm.  We looked around a bit, and […]

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Day 88: Our last morning on Oahu!

Monday, April 2, 2012

We had to be out of our room at the Ko Olina by ten, and the boarding at Pier 2 started at noon.  Here is a nice few of the center of the resort. A Black Crowned Night Heron over by the golf course! A short Cattle Egret.  They seem as numerous in Hawai’i as […]

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