Archive for October, 2010

Maui 2010: Day Trip to Molokai

Oct 26th

Posted by Jeff Keller in Maui Trip 2010

On one of the days of my trip to Maui, I took the ferry over to the island of Molokai for the day. The ride over was a big rough, but on the way back it was much worse. I’ve never been seasick in my life, but I took a pill just in case! Lots of people were laying down and one got sick.

Anyhow, the island reminds me a bit of Maui, except much more deserted. One the one hand it’s very “old Hawaii”, but it’s also been hurt badly by the economy as well as a greedy developer who closed down their whole resort when they didn’t get their way. One town in particular (Maunaloa) was almost entirely boarded up. Sad.

Anyhow, here are the photos from my trip to the island of Molokai:

: Approaching the island

: Steep mountains

: This is about as dense as the housing gets!

: Downtown Kaunakakai. The bakery on the left is really good.

: Grasslands

: Nice beach with views of Oahu — and rough seas!

: This beach is 3 miles long

: And you can have it all to yourself

: A defunct golf course

: Kalaupapa (leper colony) lookout

: I passed on the phallic rock

: Yummy local fare

: One of Father Damien’s churches

: Here’s the other

: The very distant Halawa Falls

: Halawa Valley

: Artsy shot of the trip

: I like the “creases” in the mountains

: Sunset as we return to Lahaina

Maui 2010: Underwater

Oct 26th

Posted by Jeff Keller in Maui Trip 2010

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And now, let’s go under the sea to see some marine life! I bought the Canon marine housing for my PowerShot S95, and took it for a swim!

: This fish looks like it has wings

: I was super-excited when I saw this guy!

: An eel!

: These guys are so shy

: Another humuhumunukunukuapuaʻa

: You hardly notice these fish, since they’re always near the surface

Maui 2010: On Land

Oct 25th

Posted by Jeff Keller in Maui Trip 2010

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I’ve spent the past week on the Valley Isle of Maui, as I have for the previous two years. Naturally, I took a lot of photos, and I’m going to share some of them over the next few posts. All of these were taken with the Canon PowerShot S95. Enjoy!

: My home away from home, the Westin Kaanapali Ocean Resort Villas

: North lobby

: North courtyard

: Looking at the courtyard from the lobby

: Hungry koi

: Ocean view from my room

: A rainbow was awaiting my arrival

: Some of the beautiful flowers at the Westin Villas

: The North end of Kaanapali Beach that’s in front of the Villas

: Other direction

: Kapalua Beach was too murky for good snorkeling

: Honolua Bay

: Surfers waiting for the next big wave

: Honolua Bay is a VERY popular spot

: Another angle

: Continuing north from Honolua Bay

: This is all the way around the top of West Maui

: You can see Kahului in the distance

: First of many sunsets

: I like this one for some reason

: The Golden Princess leaves Maui

: I went to the Grand Wailea for a massage at their world famous spa

: The hotel has its own church!

: Another view of the onsite church

: Tons of swimming pools

: Plus this impressive reflecting pool

: Spa Grande = awesome

: Hosmer Grove, about 6900 feet up on Haleakala

: Many of these trees are not native to Maui

: On top of the world

: Another view of the crater

: Live from the surface of the moon

: And Mars

: Hiking back up this trail at 10k feet isn’t fun

: A self-portrait, of sorts, at the summit

: You can see Mauna Kea on the Big Island in the distance

: Fun with clouds

: HDR shot near sunset

: More fun with clouds

: The moon rising over the shadow of the mountain!

: Sunset from the summit

: All gone!

: The telescopes on the summit in silhouette form

: Yet more fun with clouds

: Yet more fun with clouds

: Kaanapali Beach at Black Rock

: Sunset the next evening from Kaanapali

: Hookipa Beach

: It’s Monday at 11am… do you know where your employees are?

: Iao Needle

: Cool plant

: River in Iao Valley

: Fiery sky

: Last sunset of the trip

Disneyland/California Adventure (October 2010) – Part 2

Oct 11th

Posted by Jeff Keller in Disneyland - Oct 2010

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And now, the photos taken on my full day (more or less) at Disneyland and Disney California Adventure. All of these were taken with the Canon PowerShot S95. Enjoy!

: Halloween decorations above the entrance

: Requisite train station photo

: Main Street was all decked out

: City Hall

: Light post decorations

: Entrance to Adventureland

: Thunder Mountain

: Mark Twain rounds the bend

: Entrance to Haunted Mansion Holiday

: Haunted Mansion, holiday edition

: Some of the art inside the mansion

: Lousy image quality but how often do you get a chance to take this shot down the endless hallway?

: The symbol of The Nightmare Before Christmas

: Oogie Boogie at the ride’s end

: Walls are up at Star Tours!

: A different view of Walt & Mickey

: Distant view of DCA construction from my room at the Grand Californian

: Little Mermaid construction at DCA

: Walls around Cars Land construction

: The fake rock work in Cars Land rises behind Pacific Wharf

: View of Cars Land from California Screamin’

: The Maliboomer is coming down, to make way for…

: A park??

: Night view of Paradise Pier

: World of Color time!

: Show’s over!

And here’s a video I took of the finale of World of Color!

Disneyland/California Adventure (October 2010) – Part 1

Oct 10th

Posted by Jeff Keller in Disneyland - Oct 2010

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I’m back in Southern California to see what’s new at the Disneyland Resort. Last night I checked out the new elecTRONica area at DCA, and rode Space Mountain: Ghost Galaxy (best part: projections on the building). Here are some photos and even a video from my first night: