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Waimoku Falls

The last obstacle, to reaching the 400 ft Waimoku Falls, was to cross a flowing stream. I wasn’t sure if we would be able to get across as…

Pipiwai Trail: Getting Close

After the bamboo forest we had another stretch to climb and then we were were in sight of the Mahahiku Falls. While there were plenty of areas where…

Pipiwai Trail: Bamboo Forest Part 2

The Bamboo Forest was so amazing it deserves two posts. Also, we were lucky to make it out of there alive so it should be documented. As you…

Pipiwai Trail: Bamboo Forest

The Pipiwai Trail is a 4 mile round trip hike. They say it takes about 2 hours (or more if you stop a lot to rest/look around). At…

Pipiwai Trail: Bridge with a View

A nice spot to stop and get a few pictures of one of the waterfalls.

Pipiwai Trail: Going Up

They had some cool stairs along the trail. Although, some were more like a stream we were wakling up…actually, I think they really were streams (thankfully, no flash…

Pipiwai Trail: Going Up

They had some cool looking stairs along the trail. Although, some were more like a creek we were wakling up.

Pipiwai Trail: Going Up

They had some cool looking stairs along the trail. Although, some were more like a creek we were wakling up.

Pipiwai Trail: Banyan Tree

This was a very cool tree! It kept going and going.

Pipiwai Trail: Mahahiku Falls

I think Chris was just trying to make Karen nervous with his balancing act. I was amazed to see the cows way off in the distance. They must…

Pipiwai Trail: Field of Dreams

Then we journeyed into the tropical rainforest. It was kind of like in Field of Dreams…if you build it, they will hike it.

Pipiwai Trail: Warnings

Well, they give you plenty of warning right at the start of the Pipiwai Trail. I don’t know how good our judgement was but we did make it…

Pipiwai Trail to Waimoku Falls

Memories…what was I do a year ago today? Why, hiking the Pipiwai Trail to reach the Waimoku Falls.

Snorkeling in Maui

Last year, I posted my two best snorkeling photos that I captured with a 35mm underwater camera. A year later and I still wish I had rented the…

Maui Resort Cat

The resort we stayed at in West Maui had a resident cat. He could be seen daily making his rounds. We saw lots of feral cats on the…

Ahh…Maui

After 4 days in San Francisco we hopped on a plane, with my cousins, and headed to Maui! We stayed at a couple places with amazing views (worth…

Bouchaine Vineyards

We spent one night in Napa Valley and stopped at a vineyard on the way back to San Francisco. I found it amazing that it was 60 degrees…

Fisherman’s Wharf

It was actually very cool last year when we were in San Francisco. We were lucky and one of the warmer days was the day we went to…

Alcatraz

Here’s my artistic shot of Alcatraz behind bars. Since we did not plan ahead, we were unable to get tickets for a tour. Instead we took pictures of…

San Francisco Revisited

A year ago this morning, I was sitting on a plane with my brother, Chris and sister-in-law, Karen. We were headed to San Francisco for a few days…

Wai’anapanapa State Park Revisited

More photos of Wai’anapanapa State Park. As I mentioned in the post the other day, we took a quick walk around the park before heading to check into…

Hana Kai Maui

There are very few places to stay in Hana. We picked Hana Kai Maui and spared no expense on our waterfront room! We really couldn’t have asked for…

Wai’anapanapa State Park

Right before entering the town of Hana you come to Wai’anapanapa State Park. This was my first time seeing a black sand beach and it was amazing. We…

Road to Hana: The View

The views from the Road to Hana were breathtaking.