Hana Maui beaches May 11th

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   Koki beach sunrise, Alua island in the background

 

          Koki beach

          Koki beach red wall

        Hamoa beach

           Hamoa beach

       Hamoa beach

          Hamoa beach

       Black sand beach by Bamboo Inn

       Black sand beach

       Black sand beach closeup

    Paul Fagan cross in Hana, weo  hiked there on a previous trip.

    Something to do while it was raining.

     Plumeria

       

Hana Highway Maui Hawaii

May 9th.  I really like looking at colorful peacocks, although the birds are actually quite obnoxious at times.  So when we had the chance to photograph some, I took quite a few shots.

I spotted this gardenia.  The ones in my garden at home never look this good!  It helped that it had been raining earlier, so you can see some raindrops on the petals.

                  Gardenia

Often leis are made from the white and yellow plumeria or frangipani flower.  There are also many other colors, but I've mostly seen white and dark pink ones in Hawaii.  The flower has many other names, depending on their location in the world and they smell heavenly.  

For more information, I enjoyed looking at this website, even though it is a commercial site: http://www.allthingsfrangipani.com/frangipanis.html  I even brought back some perfume made from the blooms.

            Plumeria

The Hana highway has some gorgeous waterfalls.  These were photographed with a slow shutter and a tripod to create a dreamy look.

                   Puohokamoa Falls