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      • Long Hike
        01/31/11
        There was a trail about four blocks away that went down to the water. We grabbed our stuff and headed out. Apparently the hike was 2 miles (one way) and about 1900 feet down.... It was pretty toasty on the way down. Starting about halfway down, you're basically just walking through old lava

      • Work Day and Big Island
        01/30/11
        Yesterday was a pretty lazy day. We returned the rental car, but otherwise hung around the hostel and got some work done. Joe shared his underwater cave adventure with a number of other people at the hostel. Some were pretty excited to go and check it out. One girl we originally met at the airpo

      • Underwater Caving
        01/28/11
        I met Donald Howard at the hostel after returning from our trip to Hana with Laura. I explained our cave adventures and he was enthused.
        I brought the idea of heading back together for some thorough investigation and he was game. It was great, we drove back out there, almost to Hana (2hrs)

      • Back from Hana
        01/26/11
        We slept in some this morning. We got up at 7 and relaxed a little. We left Hana around 8:30. We stopped along the way to pick up two women hitchhiking into town. Made the ride more interesting. They both had very unique names, of course I can't remember either of them now. :p
        One wa

      • Highway to Hana
        01/26/11
        We left @ 6:30 am from the far West side of the island to drive a massive figure 8 pattern to the far East end.

        We went for a few short hikes to small waterfalls, and along little creeks. They were all nicer than most found scattered all over us, rathen than mile after mile of them.
      • Crater
        01/24/11
        This morning we got a later start than planned. We wanted to leave around 6 to start the road to Hana. We didn't actually leave until around 7. Once we got closer to Lahaina, we realized that the crater looked clear of clouds, so, especially since we got a late start, we should head up there

      • Molokini Snorkeling
        01/23/11
        We woke up at 5:30am in order to get to the harbor we were leaving from by 6:30. We were going on a snorkeling adventure out to Molokini. A crater about 2 miles off the coast of Maui. On the way there, we saw a few whales. We got to the spot before other boats though, which was nice. We got to

      • Whale Watching
        01/23/11
        This morning we tried to go boogie boarding. We basically, completely failed. Joe needed to get out before 10:30 or so because he needs to stay out of the sun as much as possible. We went to the beach we had gone to before, but it was breaking on shore and that's it, so that wouldn't wo

      • Swinging Bridges!!!
        01/22/11
        Today we decided to go on a little hike. We hung around the house for a few hours in the morning, then left for Kahului to get lunch at a store that has only vegetarian stuff in it. Their hot deli/buffet is huge! It was very good.

        From there, we headed down the highway to check out a h

      • Snorkeling!
        01/21/11
        This morning we got moving pretty early and headed to Black Rock to go snorkeling. It's supposed to be a popular spot. We saw a ton of neat fish, but there wasn't much coral in this spot. Also, it appears the fish are fed there, because they were getting super close to us. Especially i

      • Another Couple Lazy Days
        01/19/11
        We've still been pretty tired, so we took the morning to get some work done, then decided to try boogie boarding. We rented a couple boogie boards and went to the nearby beach. It was sort of fun, but the waves were really messy. There were a bunch of reverse waves, so it would mess you up e

      • Flood Video
        01/17/11
        Here's the video of the flood in Paia that Joe took. The Silver car across the road was our rental at the time.

        CLICK FOR VIDEO:PAIA FLOOD

      • Lazy Day
        01/17/11
        We slept in a little bit, but were still up around 7. We decided since it's possible we won't be in this area much longer, we should get anything done up here that we want to do. We headed down the road towards the Olivine Pools which a local at the house mentioned.

        The road

      • Awesome Day of Snorkeling!
        01/16/11
        We woke up pretty early today. Joe went out to get cereal (we went to a grocery store the previous evening). He tried to be as quiet as possible and still apparently managed to wake everyone else up... Which, people keep appearing out of nowhere. This place is huge!

        Today, we decided

      • Busy Couple of Days
        01/15/11
        This is going to be a long one... Sorry. :)

        Unfortunately, we did not get much sleep... That night, it poured. Hard. And it was really windy. We went to bed before 10. There were some people talking and were a little noisy, but it wasn't terrible. Then Joe thought he felt somet

      • Better Day
        01/13/11
        This morning didn't start out so great, but we didn't have to be out of the hotel until noon. So, we stayed and did a lot of research on places we could stay. Joe emailed a number of places and made notes for ones that had phone numbers to call later. Once we felt we had done all the re

      • Long Day of Traveling
        01/12/11
        Our day of flying started at 6am, so we got to be at the airport around 5. We didn't have much for layovers, which was kind of nice. We stopped in Seattle, then Portland, then went off to Maui.

        It was cloudy with some sun poking out when we landed. It hasn't been too hot, but

      • We're Off!
        01/08/11
        We're starting the first leg of our long term international trip. My parents dropped us off at the Amtrak station in The Cities Thursday night. The train was over an hour late. We got a sleeper room for the trip, since it was a 23 hour trip. The train was very relaxed and fun. The meals we

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