One of the things that I really wanted to try while we were in Hawaii was surfing. And believe it or not, I surfed. I don't have any pictures to prove it, because we all rented boards at the same time so none of us had cameras with us. I'm sure it was a pretty hilarious sight. Deborah and I took a lesson with an authentic shaggy-haired beach boy. Now this part is really hard to believe...I got up on the very first wave and surfed all the way in to the shore. It was so amazing. I won't forget that feeling anytime soon! In a way I'm glad that I don't have any photos of myself surfing, because in my mind's eye, I looked like one of these surfers:
Wipeout!
We saw some really pretty beaches unlike any that I'd ever seen before.
Red sand:
Black sand:
Lava rock beach:
And your run-of-the-mill (haha) white sand beach.
Waterfalls were everywhere...I almost felt a little jaded because we saw so many gorgeous waterfalls on our very first day in Maui that after a while, I found myself not wanting to take pictures of any that were less-than-spectacular.
The water at the bottom of this waterfall was so clear.
And the grand finale:
It seems apropos to close out my Hawaii posts with some beautiful sunset pictures. As an East-Coaster that hasn't witnessed very many sunsets over water, these were very special.
The tradewinds in Hawaii are very strong, which creates a lot of cloud movement. The clouds only enhance the colors of the sunset.
4 comments:
I have ALWAYS wanted to swim around under a waterfall like in the movies!!! AMAZING!
The lagoons at the bottom of some of these waterfalls look like the same ones out of Lost. So pretty!
Wow, those are some beautiful sunsets!
Okay, seriously - Diana and I were looking at your pictures and the one of Graem and you with the sunset in the background is BREATHTAKING!
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