Maui Day 3
Day 3 saw quite a few activities.
o Spending time at Scenic points
o Tour of Tropical Plantation
They have all the fruits and most flowers that grow in Hawaii at one place. People take pictures of mango trees. I did too.
All my life I have mercilessly broken a coconut in half and quickly collected the water whenever I sensed presence of drinkable quantity. Our guide had different ideas. Did you know that you can very easily push a (clean) screw-driver through (only) one of the three "eyes" and get water out without wasting a single drop? In India, those three "eyes" usually are not exposed but at least here I can use it. She also broke it in half in a very easy way without banging it on a concrete slab or reminding me of that public service 'use helmet' ad "marzi hain aapki, aakhir sir hain aapka"
Pake ped pe paka papita, paka ped ya paka papita, pake ped ko pakde pinkoo, pinkoo pakde paka papita
There!! What's the big deal? Sorry, I had to do it.
o Drive to the Haleakala summit.
People typically drive here at 2:30, *AM*. And then you have to fight cold temperatures and enthu-overflow-specimens who are riding bicycles. We drove there during the day time and had nobody in the front or back and still I had to be very careful. I have no regrets for not watching the sunrise from the top. I have seen one such sunrise from a flight. Otherwise, I will find one on google images or pbase or wherever.
Driving 10,000 feet up unnecessarily gives you a sense of achievement. The road ensures that you remember at it as an adventure. Somewhere at 60% elevation we drove through the clouds for some time. The temperature dropped from 75 degrees to 65 degrees within a minute. The coldest temp in the clouds was 63 but if you are in a convertible you can feel it after sometime and you look forward to getting out of the clouds. My ears were blocked while driving down and the thick clouds around you give you a claustrophobic feeling with visibility about not more than 50m at times.
This was definitely one time where I was extremely happy with Jeep wrangler. It just has a safer feel in such conditions.
Cloudy View from the Top
o Spending time at Scenic points
o Tour of Tropical Plantation
They have all the fruits and most flowers that grow in Hawaii at one place. People take pictures of mango trees. I did too.
All my life I have mercilessly broken a coconut in half and quickly collected the water whenever I sensed presence of drinkable quantity. Our guide had different ideas. Did you know that you can very easily push a (clean) screw-driver through (only) one of the three "eyes" and get water out without wasting a single drop? In India, those three "eyes" usually are not exposed but at least here I can use it. She also broke it in half in a very easy way without banging it on a concrete slab or reminding me of that public service 'use helmet' ad "marzi hain aapki, aakhir sir hain aapka"
Pake ped pe paka papita, paka ped ya paka papita, pake ped ko pakde pinkoo, pinkoo pakde paka papita
There!! What's the big deal? Sorry, I had to do it.
o Drive to the Haleakala summit.
People typically drive here at 2:30, *AM*. And then you have to fight cold temperatures and enthu-overflow-specimens who are riding bicycles. We drove there during the day time and had nobody in the front or back and still I had to be very careful. I have no regrets for not watching the sunrise from the top. I have seen one such sunrise from a flight. Otherwise, I will find one on google images or pbase or wherever.
Driving 10,000 feet up unnecessarily gives you a sense of achievement. The road ensures that you remember at it as an adventure. Somewhere at 60% elevation we drove through the clouds for some time. The temperature dropped from 75 degrees to 65 degrees within a minute. The coldest temp in the clouds was 63 but if you are in a convertible you can feel it after sometime and you look forward to getting out of the clouds. My ears were blocked while driving down and the thick clouds around you give you a claustrophobic feeling with visibility about not more than 50m at times.
This was definitely one time where I was extremely happy with Jeep wrangler. It just has a safer feel in such conditions.
Cloudy View from the Top
posted by Nikhil at 10:55 PM
3 Comments:
Really nice pics. I can't wait to plan a Hawaii trip. What software are you using to crop those images ?
BTW, looking at the "papita" poem, I hope you didn't see Fanaa. One of the lousiest movies I've seen lately.
We started watching Fanaa but since it was not an original print, lost interest quickly. For some reason, I do not like Aamir Khan anymore. I prefer watching Saif's movies any day.
The papita poem was because of listening to Fanaa soundtrack a lot lately. I like the songs.
Nice pics.. I think I need to make another hawaii trip soon.
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