We’re not on the Big Island anymore! This is the final stretch of our adventure and probably the funnest. The downfall, no more honu, the upswing a whole lot of crazy. We’re now on Maui – I wish we were able to spend more time on Maui (and probably less time on the Big Island – but I do miss the honu). Below you will see me once again fighting with the sun – I think I have more sun fail pictures than anyone else who has ever gone to Hawaii. That’s okay though it was all about the adventure. This time I was trying to capture sunrise but instead all we got was the “cloud rise”. Those pesky clouds crept in and stole all the thunder from what was rumoured to be one of the most awesome of awesome sunrise locations. For this challenge try to guess where we are (the name of the place), what we are doing (not that hard) and if you can name the company we were with (it was a sweet cruise).

The Clues:
1. some clues are possibly in the paragraph above
2. 10,000 feet in Hawaii is still cold
3. the bikes had 1 gear and only needed 1 gear
4. pickup time, 2:45 AM
5. “It was the sublimest spectacle I ever witnessed, and I think the memory of it will remain with me always.” -Mark Twain

Be sure to check out and guess for Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7 and Part 8 (some of these do not have correct answers at the time of writing).

(correct answers will be listed at the end of the adventure)

Shot by our driver/spotter:

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Trying to get the last ones of these out in a bunch so they will be coming at you quick. Unfortunately this will be the last one featuring honu, I loved those little guys (okay some were huge) but I didn’t run into any on the next island plus Jes has said “enough with the honu already”. Did you know that the green sea turtles are called that not because their shell is green but because their body fat is green?

The clues:
1. it has a feature that China is known for (not pictured below)
2. a sacred place
3. How now now brown cow?

Be sure to check out and guess for Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6 and Part 7 (some of these do not have correct answers at the time of writing).

(correct answers will be listed at the end of the adventure)

This is what happens when you try to take your own picture. Four straight shots. Jes said I looked like a beaver in the first, so she pretended to be me in the second and I debeaveared, the third speaks for itself, and the last was our “successful” one. Also known as we said “good enough”.

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The adventure is almost over – I promise. I think I have about 4 or 5 more parts but that’s it and I may cut it back or combine some. This is the second last part to the middle portion of our trip. After that we move to the fun part of the trip which ended way too soon. This was another one of my attempts at capturing that great Hawaiian sunset only to fail. The Hawaiian sun and myself did not have a great relationship. On to the clues (which I really don’t know how to clue this one).

The Clues:
1. you can see and hear the planes from here
2. Kona Coast
3. Natural Energy Lab
4. tide pools

(okay okay I really couldn’t think of fun ones for this so it narrows it down pretty good)

Be sure to check out and guess for Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5 and Part 6 (some of these do not have correct answers at the time of writing).

(correct answers will be listed at the end of the adventure)

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