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Travel Blogs from Haiku, United States
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Sunscreen & bikini are all you need!
This is a top pick! ... flyer ticket, got myself a house off Craigslist overlooking the Pacific on the magical north side of the island in a place called Haiku, and flew across the country and halfway across the Pacific. Voila, I find myself in a land with the most perfect ...
Aloha - Greeting from Waikiki
Well, this is it - the last day of our trip. We have spent the last week relaxing in Waikiki - which is like Oxford Street with a beach! You can buy everything here, from dancing hula dolls to Cartier watches, then cross the road to the beach. The ...
Hawaii Week 1
Hello again! Well we have moved on to the next stage of your trip - Hawaii, and its just brilliant. Flew into Wakiki on O'ahu on Sunday and stayed till Thu. Now we are up in the North Shore, where the major surfing takes place! Since we have ...
Giles' Big Island Mid Life Crisis
... , but after checking stock, we got a MUSTANG CONVERTIBLE for free. (Did I hear someone say "SAXONDALE"?) Boy and toy were happily united and after a full demo on the convertible roof procedure, we were winging our way to Volcano. At which point it started ...
Flower-Festival in Haiku
... " hinwies. Der Termin wurde dick im imaginären Terminkalender angestrichen und am heutigen Samstag aufgegriffen. Auf der Hinfahrt nach Haiku musste ich wieder ein wenig über "den Amerikaner an sich" schmunzeln. Der Pöbel empörte sich nämlich ganz ...
In preparation
... ! I am happy to have a wonderful travel buddy that appreciates Maui as do I, and to have this practice to be held in strength and confidence as I dive backwards into a world that is quite different from this paradise I experience in the States. ...
Tea Tasting
Wow Wow Wow!! I have been to many high end wine tastings, but non have compared to the exprience I enjoyed tonight. Matthew and I were honored with an invite we received from my Chinese teacher, Wenying Shi, to join her for an afternoon of tea ...
Day 2 Recap by Gwen Pol
Day 2 Recap- Word of the day-Mahalo which means some women are really slow learners! lol Up again at 1a.m. to get to Haiku by 3a.m. for our trek up 10,000 ft to see the sunrise. We did it, but nature prevented our seeing the sun through the mist and fog. ...
Lahaina
Heute fuhren wir in die frühere Walfängerstadt Lahaina. Auf dem Weg in die Stadt haben wir erst einmal am Humpback Lookout halt gemacht. Wale gab es zwar nicht zu sehen, aber der Blick war sehr schön. Man bekam auch wieder den Haleakala zu sehen, ...
Entry #3 Are we speaking the same language?
... and Thank you. But all the cities and towns on this island have an Hawaiian name, like Lahaina, Kahului, Kihei, Makawao, Haiku (where I am)... The roads also have an hawaiian name. I'm living on Kamali'i Place, which means Children of Royalty in ...
Iao Valley und Waihee Beach
Keine große Tour, sondern eher ein kleiner Abstecher war es heute. Den ganzen Morgen über und auch noch bis zum Mittag hatte es in unserer Unterkunft geregnet. So war Zeit, einmal wieder mit Kunden zu korrespondieren, Angebote zu schreiben und auch ...
Hana Highway and around
Hana Highway ist eine Straße von 50 Meilen Länge, aber die hat es in sich. Es gibt 640 Kurven, hat wohl einmal jemand gezählt. Unzählige One Lane Bridges gibt es auf dem Weg. In unserem Reiseführer stand, dass die Einheimischen gern die Touristen ...
Day 17 – Exploring Maui’s Beaches
This morning the tiny ants in our cottage had taken over the food left on the table. It wasn't even enough to seal the bread package because somehow they found their way inside the package. One another popular place for them to hang around is ...
Kanaha Beach Park
Nördlich vom Airport in Kahului gibt es noch eine Beach. Hier haben wir heute unsere Handtücher ausgeworfen und uns panieren lassen. Der Sand wurde sogar durch geschlossene Brillenetuis und Handtaschen geweht. Der Wind in der Kanaha ist ideal für ...
Day One
We're here! Left Kansas City yesterday morning and arrived at Kahului about 3 P.M. local time. After getting our car and a couple of wrong turns we found the cottage! This morning I got up, looked out the front door and watched the end of a rainstorm ...
Entry #6 Who comes on Maui Island?
Élément analysé: The Hawaiian Culture: Lifestyle Description: You know, every where on Maui Island you can see surfers. Some are young, some are older, some are males, some are females, some are kids. Some are professionnals, some are ...
Ankunft auf Maui
... Volkes einfach ohne Gegenwehr vernichtet. Nach unserer Landung sind wir mit dem Auto gleich in Richtung unserer Unterkunft in Haiku-Pauwela aufgebrochen. Es ging am Hana Hwy. entlang durch die Surfer- und Hippiestadt Paia zum Hookipa Lookout, ...
Haleakala
Der Haleakalā ist der einzige Vulkan des hawaiischen Archipels außerhalb der Insel Hawaii, der in den letzten 600 Jahren aktiv war. Bis vor wenigen Jahren wurde vermutet, dass der letzte Ausbruch etwa um 1790 stattgefunden hätte. Neuere ...
Entry #1 A warm welcome to Hawaii !!
Élément analysé : Personality of people (Élément culturel) Description : Before arriving to Hawaii, I was very stressed. During the flight between Los Angeles and Kahului, I met someone who had the seat next to me. She was from Honolulu, on ...
welcome to heaven!
tweet, twitter, twitter, tweet ... birds waking. sun climbing over the hill, over the coconut trees, over the hala trees.... then peering into my screened window and kisses my cheeks so gently. Smiling from ear to ear my eyes fall open to rejoice another ...
Entrevue culturelle
For my internship, I’m working on a bonsai farm in Haiku on Maui Island, Hawaii. I really love the job, working with trees and giving them a style. But the thing I love the most on this island is the fact that the island is clean, I mean green! It ...
Day 15 – Tea House Cottage
Our Hawaiian style Christmas is now over. Basically, this means that our time in Lahaina had come to an end. It was time to move to the other side of the island. We had great time in Lahaina and after all it wasn't too touristic place for us…we met ...
Entry #2 Aloha State
Titre : Aloha State Élément d'analyse : Élément social (Tourisme) Description de l'évènement: As I said in my previous entry, people here are very warmhearted and friendly. On their license plates, we can read Aloha State with a beautiful rainbow ...
Nur ne Beach
Heute haben wir nicht viel gemacht. Erst Wäsche gewaschen und Was für Kunden ausgearbeitet, dann wollten wir noch einmal an die Beach bevor es wieder in europäische Temperaturen geht. Überall aber Wind mit Paniereffekt, so haben wir uns irgendwo auf ...
Entry #5 We are all American!
... if you don't want to insult people in Hawaii, you have to remember that residents can be pretty sensitive when visitors from United States refer to their hometowns as "back in the States". Same thing if you are from Canada or elsewhere in the world, ...
Entry #4 How to practice English?
Élément analysé : My life here, Description : It have been a long time since I posted my last entry. Why? Because of the interview, which one he still not done. What is happening then? Most of the day, I'm alone working in the ...
Day 16 – We survived the Road to Hana
It was a long day today as we got up at 6 am and started our journey towards Hana around 7.30 am. It sure was a winding road and we could feel it from the very beginning; all the curves started to make you sick, but luckily that feeling didn't last too ...
Entry #7 The Green Island
Élément analysé: The law about plastic bags on Maui Island Description: Before coming here, I already know that Maui Island is a green place. While here, I have difficulties to figure out how the island can be as green as it is! The water is clean ...
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