Hawaii pix

[Marko]

Here's some pix from Hawaii. I was lucky enough to go for 2 weeks in May 2010. My generous uncle had a timeshare there for one week. and my wife and I splurged a second week. First week was on Oahu in Honolulu which was gorgeous but a bit commercial for my tastes especially in The Waikiki area. (Outside that area - awesome though.) Very expensive. Most expensive real estate in the USA. (For tourists - flight is expensive (from eastern canada anyway), food about +20%, activities are EXTREMELY expensive. High quality hotel rooms are reasonable at around 100/night - try to get that in NYC - lol) Second week was 3 days in Maui and 4 days on the Big Island of Hawaii. Big Island was my fave and Maui my wife's fave. Big island was my fave because the landscape is awesome with lava everywhere and VOG (volcanic emissions) that diffused the light and got you the deepest colour saturation and the most unbelievable varied flowers that you'll see anywhere.

Maui was my wife's fave cuz it's simply frikken gorgeous. The mountains are beautiful and the sky always seems to meet them with gorgeous clouds.

anyway here's 3 shots of a sunrise at Haleakala Maui that I dragged my not happy wife to in the middle of the night for 2.5 hours up a steep dark cliff. lol. Feel free to comment on any aspect.
Sunrise at Haleakala