Maui Wowee

For the past week, Julia and I have been on the beautiful island of Maui, one of the Hawaiian Islands for those of you who never paid attention in history class. If you have never been, its amazing here. Hawaii is certainly not overrated, with crystal clear, blue green water and lush tropical vegetation. It is, quite literally, an Island Paradise.

I jumped off this waterfall a few times (although my friend Steven--standing on top of the falls in this picture-- dove and looked much more graceful than my fat-ass), and the drive from Wailea to Hana was perhaps the most beautiful drive I have ever taken. The only problem was the one lane road and the morons driving in front of us. They had to have been from the great state of Pennsylvania.

The water is incredible. I've never seen anything so blue! The waves are big, although it is summer now, so they get 4x bigger in the winter. I just could not imagine... they seem pretty big to me now. If you want my advice, take the drive to Hana if you come here and see the Hawaii you hear about and see in the movies.

The hotel had a great corral reef right of the beach. Every evening the sun set behind the Island of Lanai to the West... spectacular! I took pictures of sunset almost everyday at dusk. Not to mention pictures of the scuba-meca of little Molokini just to the south. Everywhere I've been, there has been something awe-inspiring. At this rate, I should be a professional photographer in a few months.

But, there is one thing that leaves a blemish, although a small one; all of the abandon cars on the side of the roads. You can't drive 15 minutes in any direction with out passing a rusted or burned-out wreck. Most were covered with graffiti and all of them were missing their rear-wheels. Seriously, we must have passed 10 junkers on the 52 mile drive to Hana. But, there was a silver-lining. Not only did the beauty of the island and the sites along the way make up for abandon autos...

...someone abandoned their old, dirty volvo. An island paradise, beautiful scenery, crystal-clear water, and plenty of places to dump your used volvo. What more could you ask for?