The Road to Hana - Part I

The road to Hana is without a doubt the most famous drive on Maui and quite likely all of Hawaii.  The scenery is absolutely breathtaking as you drive the road to Hana with its 600 turns and many, many single lane bridges. 

Ho'okipa Beach

Dolphins at Ho'okipa Lookout

A few of the surf at  Ho'okipa Lookout

Lower Puohokamoa Falls

Upper Waikani Falls which are also known as the Three Bears Falls.

Small stream with the sky reflecting in the water.

Sea Arch at Wai'anapanapa State Park

Black Sand Beach at  Wai'anapanapa State Park

The sea arch again.

The rugged coastline with black sand beach in the background.

View from a small cave at Black Sand Beach at  Wai'anapanapa State Park

Black Sand Beach

Close up of Wailua Falls

 Wailua Falls

Sunset at Kamaole Beach II

Here are a few sunset photos from the beach.

 Just the clouds.

Okay, so there are more than just a few pictures, but with a sunset this glorious how could I stop taking pictures.

Kamaole Beach II

South Maui has some great beaches and our condo complex just happened to be right across the road from this one.









 

The beaches are usually defined by lava rock at either end, and this beach was no exception.  The rocks in the water make a great habitat for the fish and some good snorkeling.

More Flower from Hawaii

Sharing a few more of the many flowers and blooming bushing in and around the condo where we stayed.

One of the buildings in the condo complex we stayed in.

More of the grounds.

The hedges

Ginger Plant

Birds of Paradise

Plumeria

Hibiscus in Hawaii

The hibiscus came in single blooms and nice ruffled double blooms.  The colours were amazing too, from white to bright pink to the pastel mauve on we saw.

Here are just a few of the many hibiscus we saw.

Ah, Hawaii

What can I say, Hawaii was beautiful and we enjoyed every minute of it!!!

I cannot believe another month has passed though without me posting.  I had saved several posts in the drafts to post while we were away in Hawaii, but Blogger did some updating and unfortunately those drafts were lost by the time I tried to post them.  Without access to any of my pictures while we were away it made creating a new post difficult.  I will have to post those drafts as some point, but for now I thought I would start to share some of my many pictures from our wonderful vacation in Maui.

Aloha from Maui

 A close up of one of the palm trees.

The Traveler Palm.  They reminded me of huge fans, and they by far have to be my favourite kind of palm tree.  So fun to photograph too!

Finally, one of the condo where were stayed.  The grounds were beautiful and I loved waking up with the fragrance of flowers in the air.