Hawaii
What is a round-the-world trip without a visit to Hawaii? When on top of that it is Humpback whale mating season just off the coast and thousands of Humpback males jump to impress the females there is actually no argument not to stop at Hawaii. Especially not when it is right on the way from Sydney to Los Angeles and Hawaii's nature and culture is something we have all been dreaming of visiting one day. We will be staying on Oahu for the first 4 days and then a week on Maui. In both places we have found something through airbnb which not only makes it a bit cheaper but as important we will stay with locals that will be able to point us to the right places to go and things to see. Blog posts below. [pt_view id="f1f73fa572"]Posts from this destination
We almost left Hawaii without visiting a hospital or doctor - but had to leave the plane before takeoff
Except for our first stop in Cyprus we have had a 100% hit-rate in terms of at least one of us getting sick or injured in each country to the extend that medical assistance has been needed. Track ...
The Road to Hana - A famous Maui drive with 600+ hair pin turns and 59 one lane bridges and a good chance of motion sickness
The Road to Hana is a famous Maui drive. Some even say that you cannot claim to have visited Maui if you have not followed this long winding road from Kahului to Hana on the East side of ...
Line's first swim with Sea Turtles and Cliff Jumping at Ka’anapali beach
We wanted to go snorkeling since we hadn’t done it for a while and had had enough of sightseeing. Either the weather hadn’t been good enough, or we couldn’t find a suitable place with calm waters. We decided ...
Lots and lots of Humpback Whales in Maui
Roughly 1/2 of all the North Pacific Humpback Whales gather around Maui from December to April to breed. No food can be found for them here so they live off the fat they have accumulated in Alaska. Nobody ...
Caught way down in the Haleakala volcano's crater
One of our days in Maui we wanted to get some exercise and go for a long hike - so we went up to the Haleaka volcanic crater. Haleakala has one of the world’s largest dormant volcanic craters, ...
West Maui Drive
Janice recommended us to drive around the western tip of Maui to see the many different types of landscape. Including a stop in the Iao Valley the trip took 6-7 hours., with stopovers of course. Desert like landscapes ...
Staying at Auntie Janice's "Bamboo Heaven" in Maui
Maui is a very diverse island. The landscape changes constantly from lush jungle to desert, from meadows to mountains. And the weather changes just as quickly. In Maui we stayed in Haiku at Bamboo Heaven Bed and Breakfast ...
Oahu, Hawaii - a bit of a hit-and-miss affair but good times never the less
After the slightly confusing morning we spent on getting our rental car a day earlier and finding a hotel we went for a walk down to Ala Moana Beach Park. We had lunch at SubWay on the way ...
AirBnB saves the day - How 3 days became 4 days on Oahu and the funny and a bit gross story of how we ended up staying in 3 different places
First to the funny and admittedly stupid mistake that resulted in us showing up in Hawaii with no rental car and no place to live. Some of you might have heard about the Date-line – so have we ...