Continued from : Hsu family’s annual reunion trip—2011, to Hawaii (part-1 of 3)
[Blackrock area where you may snorkel and watch undersea sceneries.]
[This size of belly should be acceptable. No?]
[These Kois are near 2 feet long! They squeeze and hide under canoe in the pond. I did not know that they can live for 30 years! Read below.]
[7/26, after a stroll and snorkeling in the beach, we lunched in Lahaina Cannery Mall]
[at a market in Lahaina]
[Hunter got a book at the market. It is a book for children written by this lady]
[Entering IAO State Park. One thousand years ago, Hawaiians gathered here to celebrate and honor the God of Agriculture, Lono, during the annual Makahiki, festival. Its beautiful sceneries were discovered only about 100 years ago when adventure and tourism started.]
[Kuka emoku, as explained below.]
[Tourists are very nice. There is always someone willing to take the picture of the whole family together for us. Tripod is almost not necessary in these areas.]
[There was a garden with Japanese, Korean and Chinese temples.]
[Blow-hole in the Kapalua, around the northern coast of Maui, at the vertex of the head]
[Honolua Bay, below, where snorkeling is most rewarding.]
[Outback Restaurant. Clam chowder and hamburger were both very good.]
[Plumeria, or commonly known as Frangipani flower, the trees are everywhere.]
[Sugar Mill. The sugarcane field is on the right.]
[7/28, on our way to the Haleakala National Park.]
[This visitor center is the dark shaded area in the above two maps. At 9,740 feet height. The summit is 10,023 feet.]
[The following board poster explains the view above.]
[Cinder desert. The temperature can change from 60 to subzero within a day!]
[Summit is in the direction of the arrow on the board]
[These rocks were obviously formed by the volcanic eruptions.]
Continued to : Hsu family’s annual reunion trip—2011, to Hawaii (part-3 of 3)
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