Waimea Town Festival
22nd and 23rd of February 2013 and it was time for the Waimea Town Festival here in Kaua’i, Hawaii. And what a great fun event. Waking up at 4:30am to get ready for the Captain Cook Caper Fun Run over 5km. At 6am registration for the event and then with the bus to the start line. Start at 7am and running into the sunrise. Wow this was amazing and maybe that’s why I ran so fast: 18:25min
After the winner ceremony it was time to check out the Towns Celebration Venue. With great music and good food. Very relaxing atmosphere. As they where still looking for participants for the ice cream contest in my age group I joint in last minute. Sitting next to a guy who was very serious about that competition. 2min time to finish the ice cream. He finished it after 1:45min. Wow! And I was still enjoying the ice cream 🙂 Guess what the winner won? Yeah right: ICE CREAM!!!
At the venue I met a very friendly Norwegian couple with there two kids which I met on the airport more than a week ago. We had great conversations and thus another great day here in Hawaii. Check out some pictures:
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- Yeah this was a fun race over 5km
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- Winner ceremony
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- Winner Picture together with the female 5k winner Sheri the runners up Mike
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- Yeah Winner Trophy at the Captain Cook Fun Run in Waimea
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- Time for some town celebrations with great music
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- Clam chowder
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- Ice cream contest. The guy in the blue shirt next to me was very serious about this contest and “won” in 1:45min
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- Ice cream contest. After two min 🙂
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.
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- Jen introduced me to SUP. Thank you Jen!
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- Ok and action
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- So this was the easy part sitting on the board
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- Oh yeah the balance part was hard in the beginning …
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- There we go! Posing for the picture 🙂
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- Yeah now it is more fun after being relaxed on the board
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- Spend at least two hours per day with physical, mental, spiritual or social activities (here Stand-up Paddling in Hawaii)
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- Mmmhhh some delicious breakfast after the exercise
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- And some more 🙂
Thank you for your Birthday wishes
Thank you so much for your birthday wishes from around the world. I had a great day, starting with sounds of wave from the ocean and a great run on the beach. Then some healthy breakfast (at least the carot cake sounded healthy :P), talking and messaging to friends and family, enjoying the day in a spa and talking to a surf guru here in Hawaii who will take me surfing tomorrow.
If you haven’t figured out a birthday present yet 😉 Here is an idea and the awesome part of that present: You become a part of my trip. How good is that! As you might know I’m traveling to Nicaragua in April to help building a school in a coastal area. With your support now, we will have sufficient material to build the school. How awesome is that!
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- Thumb up for the sunrise here in Kaua’i
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- Running on the beach
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- Yeah, running on the beach is awesome!
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- Birthday breakfast with view to the ocean. No, I’m not in a prison 😛
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.
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- Sunset on top of Maui
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- Sunset thumb up 🙂
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- After a night at the summit the next day awakes …
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- Sunrise thumb up 🙂
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- Sunrise above clouds
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- A small crowed shared the sunrise experience
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- Just after sunrise
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- “Sea clouds”
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- Yeah parking slot where I slept at 10.000 feet
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- Silver cactus
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- Great moon landscape
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- Thumb up for the Moon landscape
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- The sun is out at the top of Maui 🙂
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- View down to Maui
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:
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- First some instructions from the captain
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- And then almost immediately a baby whale showed up
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- And the mother was not far way
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- Wow, how amazing
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- Yeah
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- So much action just in front of our boat
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- Sail Boat impression
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- Stay curious and ask lots of questions
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- And more action
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- The sun is out and the whale tail as well
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- Close up of the whale tail