Hawaii (USA)
6.9.2010 - Honolulu, Waikiki Beach
7.9.2010 - Pearl Harbor
Memorials for USS Nevada & USS Arizona that were sunk by the Japanese in the Pearl Harbor attack in 7.12.1941
Oil from USS Arizona is still leaking from the sunken battleship (Since the attack ...)
USS Bowfin submarine (now a Pacific Fleet Submarine Museum)
Battleship Missouri Memorial
Pearl Harbor Air Museum
8.9.2010 - The view of Honolulu from Pali Lookout, Oahu
Polynesian Cultural Center - Showing cultures of: Hawaii, Fiji, New Zealand, Samoa, Tahiti and Tonga)
9.9.2010 - Flying from Honolulu to the Island of Maui
Lahaina, Maui
A huge one 150 years old banyan tree, Lahaina
Grand Wailea Hotel
10.9.2010 - Road to Hana
Hana town
The way back
Punalu'u Beach - Black sand beach
Rainbow ucaliptus
11.9.2010 -Resting in our room at the Grand Wailea hotel
12.9.2010 - Ali'i Kula lavender farm
Haleakala Mountain
The Haleakala silversword plant - grows only on Mount Haleakala summit and surrounding slopes
Nene bird - The national Hawaiian bird
Haleakala Mountain Observatory on the summit
Back at the hotel
13.9.2010 - Morning
Flying to the Big Island (Officially named Hawaii Island)
Hilo, Big Island
Pacific Tsunami Museum, Hilo
14.9.2010 - Volcanoes National Park
Kilauea volcano: The most active volcano in the Big Island
Chain of Crater Road
Holei Sea Arch
Plum of smoke indicating where the lava from Kilauea Volcano flows through a subterranean tunnel into the Pacific Ocean
Lava Boat extreme adventure
Afternoon - Driving to the starting point of the Lava Boat tour (Isaac Hale Beach Park)
The Zodiac boat is lowered to the sea from the back of the pick-up truck with us on it...
The cruise begins: about 20 km of ocean sail along the coast on the Pacific Pacific rough sea
A dry lava tunnel
The entry point where the lava flows into the ocean. The seawater temperature is about 40 Celsius !
Sailing back earlier than planned because of Stephanie's seasickness due to the rough sea
15.9.2010 - Helicopter tour from Hilo over the Volcanoes National Park
Volcanoes National Park & Kilauea active volcano
The plum of smoke caused by the lava flow into the ocean, where we sailed to the day before (in the Lava Boat...)
Landing in Hilo airport
Banyan trees in Hilo
Hilo Japanese Garden
Hilo Farmers Market
A lei is a garland or wreath common in The Pacific Islands of Polynesia
A lei is a garland or wreath common in The Pacific Islands of Polynesia
The Hawaiian flag
Lava Tube
Rainforests grow on basalt fertile soil
Hilton Waikoloa Village
17.9.2010 - Pu'Uhonua Honaunau National Historic Park
Lunch at a restaurant in Kona
Volcanic scenery on the way from Kona back to Hilton Waikoloa Village
18.9.2010 - Petroglyphs (carving in rock)
Observatory on the Mauna Kea mountaintop
19.9.2010 - Morning at the hotel before leaving
Flying back to Honolulu
19.9.2010 - Honolulu
US 7th Fleet in Pearl Harbor, Honolulu
US 7th Fleet in Pearl Harbor, Honolulu
Honolulu at night
Aloha Festival
20.9.2010 - Last day in Honolulu before flying to to the mainland US
Waikiki Beach
Statue of Duke Kahanamoku "The Father of Modern Surfing"
Honolulu Historical Center - Iolani Palace & Statue of King Kamehameha I, Honolulu
Statue of King Kamehameha I
The old Hale Koa barracks building on the grounds of Iolani Palace in Honolulu
