We left Maui yesterday and sailed overnight to Hilo on the big island of Hawaii. We booked another shore excursion for today as one of the volcanoes has been erupting recently and Paul really wanted to see some lava! We boarded the coach at 9am, again the driver was really funny; he liked to tell… Continue reading Rainbow Falls and Volcanoes National Park
Tag: Nature
Molikini Crater Snorkling
We docked overnight in Kahului Harbour, Maui so the sleep was nice and calm! We booked a shore excursion for today so got up early to meet the coach at 8.20am. The excursion was to Molikini Crater; a tiny crescent shaped island 3 miles off the south coast of Maui. We took a short coach… Continue reading Molikini Crater Snorkling
Good Night Oahu, Good Morning Maui
We woke up about 7am this morning not realising the time as our room has no natural daylight! The ship sailed overnight from Honolulu to Maui so we got up, had some breakfast and went out into the beautiful sunshine 🙂 We didn’t book an excursion today so found a taxi and asked the driver… Continue reading Good Night Oahu, Good Morning Maui
Diamond Head Crater
Diamond Head Crater is a volcanic crater that was created around 150,000 years ago. It sits on the edge of Honolulu, right next to Waikiki beach. Since the base was just 10 minutes by bus from our hotel, we decided to take an early morning hike up to the top. We left about 8:45 and… Continue reading Diamond Head Crater
Muir Woods
This afternoon we decided to visit the giant Redwood trees at Muir Woods just across the Golden Gate Bridge, it is a beautiful park with a stream running through and has humungous trees. Paul enjoyed taking photographs and I enjoyed the twinkling sunshine peeping through the treetops. The drive in San Francisco was beautiful, it… Continue reading Muir Woods
Monterey Aquarium and a Corn Dog
We left Carmel Valley this morning and headed for San Francisco, we found out the main tourist attraction nearby was the Monterey Bay Aquarium which has homed several great white sharks over the last 6 years. We decide to check it out as it was on the way; there were penguins, otters and a huge… Continue reading Monterey Aquarium and a Corn Dog
San Diego Zoo, Simples
Since we were in San Diego, it seemed rude not to visit the world famous San Diego Zoo. We spent the afternoon walking round; its a huge place and we must have walked for miles. They had elephants, giraffes, big cats, camels, pandas, polar bears, meerkats and loads more. My favourite was the giraffes, there… Continue reading San Diego Zoo, Simples
Beautiful Drive to San Diego
We left Barstow this morning and spent the day driving to San Diego, unfortunately we didn’t fit any fun activities in today as it took us until 6pm to get here! We stopped off for some food and went to a Camera shop in La Jolla to look for an underwater camera for Paul. Yesterday… Continue reading Beautiful Drive to San Diego
Hiking up the Kelso Dunes
We left Arizona this morning with snow on the ground and this afternoon we have been hiking up the Kelso Dunes in the Mojave Desert! We are heading down to San Diego so thought we would break up the drive with a nice hike in the sunshine. Well we starting walking up the dunes but soon… Continue reading Hiking up the Kelso Dunes
Rafting in the Grand Canyon
Wow, what a day… We woke up at 7am, looked out the window and it was snowing! We are in the middle of the Arizona dessert and its snowing, what the hell? Even worse, we had booked white water rafting in the Grand Canyon today and as you can imagine I was pretty worried! The… Continue reading Rafting in the Grand Canyon