Maui

Mele Kalikimaka!

Jen and I spent the 2005 Christmas Holiday in Maui. The weather was beyond perfect and we had a very relaxing time (minus the time I had the flu).

Our time was spent snorkling, touring the island (including Jen's 4 wheel driving escapades) and shopping. During our trip, we even saw a number of humpback whales!

Kihei

View from roof of condo in Kihei.

Nessie?

Is this the famed Lock Ness monster? Or could it be a Sea Turtle?

Whale Spout

Two whales blowing off some steam after a long day's work.

Whale Tale

Humpback whale. There were two whales but I missed the shot and only got one of the whale's tales in the photo.

Snorkling

 

Underwater

Fish, coral and sea urchins.

Box Fish

Spotted Box Fish, a.k.a. pufferfish.

Symbiosis

Fish taking refuge in coral.

Trumpetfish

Some of the Trumpetfish we saw were up to 5' long!

Boxfish

Two different kinds of Boxfish that were checking me out.

Sea Urchin

Fish

Colorful fish looking for a bite to eat around the coral reef.

Boxfish

Spotted Blue Boxfish (or at least I think that's what it's called).

Trumpetfish

Sea Turtle

One of the many Sea Turtles we saw.

Angelfish

Two Moorish Idol Angelfish froliking in the ocean.

Swimming with the ...

Yeah, I know I look a bit pale, but it was fun to snorkle with a bunch of Sea Turtles. This photo was just one of the 3-4 turtles that were swimming in the immediate area.

Sea Turtle

Sea Turtles

Sea Turtles

Big Fish

People were fishing in the area... I think they would have be happy to catch either one of these two fish that were in the 30-40 lb range.

Road out to Jaws

In addition to this pothot laden dirt road, we also had to navigate through the ancient Hawaiian tradition of ditching old cars in fields and on the sides of roads. 

Road out to Jaws

 

Road out to Jaws