• International date line

    For the first time this trip, we needed to get up very, very early to catch a flight – 4.30 a.m. We made it on time, only to find out that instead of a 5 or 6 hour flight, we’d actually be flying for over 10 hours. But that included stops on Majuro, Kwajalein and […]

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  • Maui – Whales closer by

    After saying goodbye this morning to the nice ladies (mermaids) at our B&B (thanks Juddee and Miranda) we went to the Maui Ocean Center. They have some nice fish tanks there and lots of information on the humpback whales we were going to see later on our whale watching tour. For some reason, today was […]

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  • Maui – Road to Hana

    People often say that the journey is more important than the destination, and for the road to Hana, this is certainly true. With 617 turns and 56 one-lane bridges, this is not a road for those who easily get car sick. Hana itself is nothing more than 3 streets, a tiny black sand beach in […]

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  • 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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