• Maui – Shots & craters

    It’s already a month ago that we got our innoculation shots. It means it is time to get the second Hepatitis B shot out of the 3 we need. And better to do that in the U.S. rather than any of the smaller islands we will be visiting next. So we thought.. The first clinic […]

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  • Maui – Whales

    After a bit of a lazy morning (we enjoyed a very nice breakfast with fresh fruits at our B&B) we decided to take the car (a Pontiac Grand Prix GT) and go for a nice relaxed tour along the coast to Lahaina. While we were driving we said to each other that it would be […]

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  • Big Island – Star gazing

    Yesterday we had a fairly quiet day: doing our laundry for the first time, and lying on the small beach next to our hotel, reading a book. In the evening we went to the visitor’s centre of the Mauna Kea Observatories, to look at the stars. The view was excellent and the ranger did a […]

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  • Big Island – Lava

    Riding a helicopter is always fun. That we already knew… But riding a helicopter over a volcano, and one that has real flowing, orange glowing, lava flows, is indescribable… It’s one of those ‘once in a lifetime’ experiences you will never forget. Something you’ve only seen on the tele but now something you’ve actually witnessed […]

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