Various Maui Scenes, July 2008

St. Joseph's Church

Road to Ulapalakua

Kahakuloa Village, West Maui

Desert Flower, Kaupo side.

They get mail delivered out there too...

Old truck, Kaupo Side.

Perfect rows, Forestry Project, Olinda Road.

South Swell

Up at sunrise on Wednesday morning to capture these scences on Maui's south shore. The early birds got the worm so to speak with relatively uncrowded waves and glassy faces. By 8 AM, things were packed, as you can see in the last photo.


This stand up paddler was ripping it up.

Almost barrelled.

It got crowded in a hurry.

Late afternoon Ho'okipa, April 15, 2008

Shooting the action from the grassy knoll.

A set rolling in with Kahakuloa Head visible in the background.

In the whitewater...

Deep in the set

Just a sweet late afternoon scene... Maui style

Cutback.

Off the lip...

Fishing at sunset off Kihei, Maui

A few street scenes from a rainy day in Honolulu...

Strip of old school watering holes near Chinatown in Honolulu. Smith's Union Bar had old timer's in it, sipping Miller Hi Life under year round Christmas lights string above the bar.

Live Nude Girls. Boarded up and out of business. The newest game in Nikki's Arcade was a Dolly Parton pinball circa 1982.

Dried fish in Chinatown.

We found the old hotel that Stephan stayed in during the South Pacific trip in the late 1990's.

Dinner

Mahi Mahi Speziale

Rigging big mid-week at Kanaha

Some pros in town to test the new gear, broke out the Formula boards and race sails on a low wind at Kanaha.

New York City, Mid March 2008

Skyline Cocktails and Cubans

Main Hall, Grand Central Station

Contemplating the scenery...

Flumser Berg Gondola, Switzerland.

Zurich Waterfront, January 2008

... here are two photographs taken in Zurich, Switzerland during my trip there January/ February 2008. My old friend, Christoph (from the neighborhood in CT when we were kids), and I walked around downtown one evening before dinner... (Canon A620 Compact/ ISO 200/ f2.8/ 1 sec. exp)

The 9:55 out of Lausanne to St. Moritz, Via Zurich

From the archives....

Looking out at Lac Leman... January 26, 2008.

Another Maui Day...

... not so windy at Kanaha with trade winds largely shut down. Some good rides to be had, though. Rest of the forecast: sunny and pleasant.

On the way home on Mokulele Highway...

Sunset as seen from the back porch...

New Year's Eve Hike

Maui's last volcanic eruption was around 1790. The vent that most of this lava came from is called "Kalua o Lapa" and it is accessible via a faint trail that begins near the "end of the road" at La Perouse Bay. These are a handful of images from a New Year's Eve hike. Weather conditions were suitably bleak and in keeping with the desolate landscape. Although, as you can see there are always a few tenacious plants striking a foothold.