First day at sea

Thursday 2 October

We left Hilo in the Hawaiian islands and we are crossing

to the Polynesian island, 6 days at sea.

Last night at dinner we, (the 3 couples ) decide to

have a game on deck today after breakfast.

Only Sandra knows how to play.

 Me, Jim and Margaret

 Sandra, Paul and Claude

Margaret, Jim and Paul

The men won by 17 points the first game

the ladies won by 1 point the second game

We spent the afternoon by the pool and watch

some pool game.

Tonight we went to the Captain's welcome aboard party,

followed by a formal dinner.

Then a show and a stop at the casino (just to watch) 

Hilo

Wednesday 1 October

Hilo on the big island Hawaii

We did not book a tour as we once spend 2 weeks

holidays on this island and rented a car to explore.

Instead we took a ticket for the Hoppa-off.

a little bus where you get on and off at differents 

location throughout the day.

just before Richardson beach (black sand)

Turtle come ashore, I did not see one but

every one else did.

our ship

Lili'uokalani park

our first trip to the  fall I fell down a flight of stairs
did not brake anything but lot of gravel scratch.
(I went to the ship doctor for some antiseptic )

Rainbow falls

We went to visit the farmers market.
It was very interesting.

When we went to the Luau we ate some Poi
which is made with these taro

in some shop window on Hilo Bay front

map of the lave flow

just love this clock.

Statue of King Kamehameha

it look like a big ship has arrived behind ours.

going across to Coconut island

We are back at Rainbow Falls for a last trip.
I climbed on top of the fall, and then chicken out
and did not go to the edge.

the young people who were with me went right to the edge

From our ship we could see the name of the other ship.
It is huge.

Maui

Tuesday 30 September

Hawaii island of Maui

we are going on a tour

We are going to the summit of Haleakala in the
National Park.

We had a stop at 2134 m to get acclimatised
for 30 minutes.

nene  the Hawaiian goose

'ahinahina

We are at the top 3055 m. it is cold and windy

the clouds are moving in

all clear, the clouds are all gone

At the visitor centre I got a certificate saying:

"I survived the 37 mile drive up from the sea level to
the summit of Haleakala volcano ( 10,023 ft / 3,055 m)
one of the greatest elevation gains in the shortest
distance in the world!

Claude did not want one!!!

Lahaina
The corner shop is an Ice cream shop, we shared
a coconut ice cream, it was huge and delicious.

this is a very huge tree with lots of roots forming new trunks

view of our ship from Lahaina

the tender is berthing soon

when we arrived at our cabin I took this video