Maui -- I'm back!

Joan

Thanks to all of you who gave me some ideas of where to go on our trip to Maui -- it was my first time there, and WOW! It was so much fun. We arrived 2 days after the earthquake, but I think what impacted Maui more was the rain -- it had also rained 4" in Kihei (with an annual rainfall of 10" so this was a massive amount). Snorkeling was murky for a while, but then cleared up. We didn't even go some places like the "Seven Sacred Pools" as they would've been seven turbulent mudholes. But here are a few photos:


La Perouse Bay, Maui


Inside a lava tube leading to the ocean


Haleakala


Gecko on a tree right next to my lanai


The very dark, rainy road from Hana


Did I happen to mention that I like geckos?

Dee

Very, very nice!
The photo of Haleakala with the fog rolling over and the billowly clouds behind is one of the best I've seen!

And the gecko is cute! Love the shadow from the underside of the leaf too.

saurora

Really fantastic shots! Glad you had a great time (who wouldn't?). Love the gekkos and the shot of the fog rolling into Haleakala! Awesome! :saurora

ivar

Nice shots clap I love this one:

Joan wrote:

Joan

Thank you, everyone, for your comments.

The shot of the gecko on the red leaf was taken a few hours before we left Maui -- it was a whole area of plants with green leaves, and one or two red leaved plants -- I was walking back to the condo and saw that silhouetted gecko! I smiled from ear to ear!

ChrisJ

Great shots, Joan! Love the colors in the first one. The cloud on Haleakala and the Gecko on the red leaf are great! Hope the rain didn't dampen your fun too much.

digitalpins

beautiful photos, all of them are great..... just awesome

ed_h

I like that one of the cloud spilling into Haleakala, very nice.
ed

Seamus

Joan wrote:

Haleakala

wow

anwmn1

Some very good shots. The fog and the Gecko Siloutte are great!!

Aaron

Nikolai

Joan,
Great image of Haleakala.

And the silhouette of gecko is worth entering the current challenge, methinks!

Milan

Lovely pictures!

These two are my favourite:


That fog/cloud rolling over the mountain is awsome.

SloYerRoll

Only a little while before you left. All you could do was look at this awesome shot on your LCD...
All of the shots are great. This one is my fav though!
Glad you had fun!

Joan

Thanks!
Yes, thank you all -- Maui is a beautiful place, with so many moods of weather and scenery. If you want to look at more, go take a look at my album on Smugmug

I think we should all just hop on a plane and go there, don't you think? :gone

roosterman

I would agree with the others. The gecko silhouette is a definite to enter in the contest. Really love it.

cletus

You've got quite a variety of shots and all of them are great. That first shot really draws you in!