Tag Archive | Maui

Exploring Maui

What an awesome island is Maui. So many things to do: Snorkeling with turtles, Whale watching, Hiking into lava fields, Road trips, Camping, Stand-Up Paddling, Waterfalls, Delicious food, Sunrises.

On the way you meet always amazing people like Rick & Shelley who took me to an amazing snorkel trip with turtles or David with whom I did a two days road trip to Hana and back. Here some impressions from Maui

: Rain troops on a flower in Kihei, Maui

: Raw fish meal: Poke, very delicious

: Jumping baby whale

: Jumping mother whale

: Close up of the whale tail

: I met Rick, Shelley’s mother, Shelley on Maui and we did a snorkel trip together awesome. Thank you for showing me the turtles

: Green Sea turtles in action

: Tree impression

: On the road to Hana

: Amazing to watch water on lava rocks

: Delicious food: Banana bread and pineapple so fresh

: Me next to a blow hole

: Welcome to the Aloha State

: Road trip together with Rick. Thanks mate, this was awesome!

: Camping in the car

: Bambus forest

: River impression

: Waterfall

: Sales lady in shop with money from all around the world

: Yeah mate! This was a great trip!

: Impression

: Impression

: Impression

: Yeah parking slot where I slept at 10.000 feet

: Crater on top of Maui

: Silver cactus

: There we go! Posing for the picture 🙂

: Mmmhhh some delicious breakfast after the exercise

: And some more 🙂

: Black Sand Beach

: Very Black and fine sand

: Hiking in the Lava fields

: Delicous food

: Impression on the way to Hana

: Road to Hana and beyond …

: Delicious fruit stand

: One lane bridges on the way to Hana

: Wine Tour beyond Hana

: I love those big trees

06.03.2013

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Snorkeling with turtles

In Maui and on Big Island I got the chance to swim with turtles. Very graceful creatures and very delightful to watch.

: Some snorkeling impressions

: A lot of yellow fishes

: Thumb up for the snorkel ground here on Big Island

: Can you spot the fish who is trying to hide

: Yeah I love those yellow fishes

: Let’s swim with them

: Snorkeling in Maui with Shelley and Rick

: Green Sea turtles in action

: Resting Turtle 1

: Resting Turtle 2

: Resting Turtle 3

: Black Sand Beach Impression

: Let’s go for a snorkel with the turtles

: Yeah Turtle in action 🙂

: Amazing animals the turtles

: Rob is preparing my first rainbow shaved ice

22.02.2013

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SUP – Stand Up Paddling in Hawaii

Stand Up Paddling or short SUP is a very famous sport in Hawaii and my couchsurfing friend Jen introduced me to this sport on a Saturday morning in Kihei, Maui. The board was 25$ for 2 hours with a brief introduction how to do SUP. Basically you are standing on a big surf board and you have a paddle to navigate yourself around. Here some impressions from a sport which is very good for your balance and body and just great to be on the water and enjoy the scenery. We even got to see a baby whale nearby.

: Jen introduced me to SUP. Thank you Jen!

: Ok and action

: So this was the easy part sitting on the board

: Oh yeah the balance part was hard in the beginning …

: There we go! Posing for the picture 🙂

: Yeah now it is more fun after being relaxed on the board

: Spend at least two hours per day with physical, mental, spiritual or social activities (here Stand-up Paddling in Hawaii)

: Mmmhhh some delicious breakfast after the exercise

: And some more 🙂

18.02.2013

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Pu’u’ula’ula Mountain Sunrise in Maui

Wow what a great spectacle on Pu’u’ula’ula Mountain in Haleakala National Park. After catching the sunset the evening before and sleeping at the summit (Thanks to my couchsurfer friend Jen I had enough blankets for the night) at

5:30am and the nightly sky awakes with hints of red on the horizon. Watching this at 10.000 ft and above the clouds awesome! Check out some pictures and the timelapse video from my trip to the top of Maui.

: Sunset on top of Maui

: Sunset thumb up 🙂

: After a night at the summit the next day awakes …

: Sunrise thumb up 🙂

: Sunrise above clouds

: A small crowed shared the sunrise experience

: Just after sunrise

: “Sea clouds”

: Yeah parking slot where I slept at 10.000 feet

: Silver cactus

: Great moon landscape

: Thumb up for the Moon landscape

: The sun is out at the top of Maui 🙂

: View down to Maui

15.02.2013

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Whale watching in Hawaii

Beginning of February and it is whale watching season here in Hawaii especially on Maui. So I boarded the whale watching cruise from TRILOGY in Ma’alaea and saw some amazing creatures in action. What an awesome experience. Check out some pictures: