I decided it was time to go home. My thoughts kept leading back to New Zealand and I was getting home sick and needing to dig deeper and deeper to find satisfaction as a traveller. Flights from Mexico city often stopped in Hawaii. So I took the opprtunity to check out the islands of Hawaii as part of my journey
The red dot is Mexico city that I left from. Transit point on the map shows Los Angeles where the plane is and the string of islands that make up the Hawaiian islands are just under the word Los Angeles on the map. New Zeland can be seen beside Australia in the down under of the map
5 hours from LA and a touch down on Maui brings me to face to face with friend Robyn, that I chanced to meet on Great Barrier Island in New Zealand over Christmas. Taking up the offer to come and visit proved to be an amazing opportunity to spend 2 weeks on the land of sun, surf and experiencing Hawaiian culture.Maui is made up of 2 volcanos, that time has filled in, creating more land fill over time. This has created amazing landscapes from the lava flows and evolving vegetation. Stunning waterfalls can be found tumbling over hardened lava and the rich water table gives forests and plants an easy life. The temperature does not change much through the seasons, so standard attire of jandals, shorts and tee shirt are everywhere. Weather is the one thing that does change! Constantly!
Maui magic with Robyn. The backdrop of Iao valley from the lush sacred hills of Hawaii
Heading for a midnight swim in babv beach and nearly tripped over this handsome green turtle that had crawled out of the water to warm up on the evening sands. What an amazing experience.!
Great to see upcycling wherever I go! Here the maui ‘Art of trash’ event showcased a surfboard concerted to an electric guitar which belted out great surfing tunes!
The sacred Ioa valley looking out to the ocean
Hawaii has its own flag with the colours flying under the American stripes at the national park.
Sunbathing green turtle get their dose of vitamin D alongside the human swimmers and sun soakers of maui
Souvineer? A ukelele and a good book. How does it get any better than that
