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| ok, this partitioning of
photos into ke'anae, hana, and the pools of o'heao isn't quite right
but it's approximate. it doesn't really matter. |
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| shot from my house while waiting
for marci to pick me up. |
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| our first stop and first waterfall
of the day. there are dozens of waterfalls like this and something like
over 100 bridges on the road to hana. |
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| another shot of the same. |
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| marci hiding amongst the vegetation. |
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| another shot of the same waterfall.
you could probably go swimming here. the water looked deep enough. |
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| looking towards the sky. the weather
was wonderful this day. unfortunately, i had a fever and the beginnings of a
cold, which i still have at this very moment. aspirins every two hours
temporarily took care of that problem. |
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| i'm obviously impressed by this. |
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| marci pointing at something. |
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| after climbing barefoot up a number
of rocks, we eventually ended up here. |
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| it's hard to tell from the picture
but the water was actually moving. as it streamed over the rocks, it reminded
me of something out of a kitaro song or something. very zen, indeed! |
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| another cave. |
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| a few of the rocks we had to
climb to get here. |
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| smaller cave. |
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| marci relaxing on a rock. it's
so quiet here all you here is the water against the rocks. |
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| there were many caves. |
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| some of the many rocks, none of
which you should take from the island. |
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| a woman making some cool
baskets of some sort. i probably learned what these were called back
in gradeschool but can't remember now. |
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|
arm fetishist matt massie
would probably appreciate how toned her arms are.
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| yaw (yet another waterfall). |
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| one could climb to the top
if one were so inclined. there are two ways to do it. |
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| i met another student
from cal while i was here.
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| he was on vacation. |
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| we encouraged him to head up to
the top. |
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| and so he did. |
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| random water shot. |
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| we stopped at a park to have
something to eat. while there, we took some photos. |
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| that stretch of land across the
water is where we eventually want to be. |
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| better shot of the same without
the plant. |
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| another shot of the ocean. |
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| the ke'anae penisula. |
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| those are taro beds below. |
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| there was a great view from this
lookout spot. a bunch of tourists from thailand followed us here. |
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| more taro, more ocean. |
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| another shot of the same. |
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| better view of the taro. |
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| i don't even like taro. |
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| marci enjoying the view and
wondering why i couldn't have done this trip when her roommates came
to hawaii last year. |
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| last shot of the ke'anae
peninsula. |
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a spectacular waterfall in puaa kaa state wayside park.
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| three people we met who wanted
a picture. |
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| and so they got one. i
should've given them my url. |
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| portrait shot. |
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| and another. |
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| they don't look as cold as they
really were. |
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| en route to wainapanapa state
park, a black sand beach.
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| getting there requires driving
past many trees on a narrow road. |
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| more of that. |
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| getting to the beach (and the caves)
requires seeing more branches than the blair witch project. |
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| it gets pretty complicated. |
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| luckily we're not very tall. |
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| branches yes, clever
internet marketing no. |
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| more greeness.
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| on the trail to the
wainapanapa caves. |
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and here we see the wainapanapa caves where "legend says princess popoalaea hid from
her cruel husband but was discovered and killed. several times a year the waters
turn red in her memory, or it could be the tiny red shrimp that live there."
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| it's so dark in here i can't
see how anyone could even notice the water was red. it's a legend, ah
well. |
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| a shot of the black sand beach. |
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| these are the types of photos
i had intended to take. |
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| tourists testing the tricky waters
of wainapanapa out. |
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| obstacles for swimming. |
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| same thing. |
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| and now with some surf. |
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| this looks really fun, doesn't
it? |
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| black sand beach. |
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| more rocks, more water. i can't
really think of anything to put here. |
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| some people swam out to the rocks
then jumped off from the top (about a 30 foot drop). |
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| more swimming, more ocean. |
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| with water this clear and the sun
out, who can resist? |
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| lucky there weren't any tiger
sharks out today. |
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| last photo before uploading to
my vaio (also in my backpack). how geeky is that? |
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