Mauii (Hawaii) 11/97
Mauii forms part of the Hawaii islands. It offers very different landscapes: desert like the mount Kaleakala (inactive volcano), luxuriant forests, dense forests of bamboos, Scottish like coasts.
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| White sand beach | This coast in the north look like the Scotland coast | Close-cropped and green vegetation | Fresh coconut milk tasting | |
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| The pineapples are really delicious | The force of the waves makes spout out water from an anfractuosity, like a geyser | Water is thrown to more than 30 metres high | A water fall in the dense forest | |
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| We approach,little by little,the forest of bamboos which we see on the other side | Small bamboos mix with other plants | Our fingers penetrated these soft barks, weird impressions | Some are found captive inside the tentacles of these funny trees | |
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| Strange roots, isn't it ? | Moisture is here, as well as the mosquitos | The mosquitos will bite everybody. | Banian Tree:this tree characteristic is to have branches which are... | replanted in the ground to form other trunks. |
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| In the centre of the town, a Banian Tree is connected... | The noise of the wind in the bamboos is impressive and wonderful... | Sometimes a cracking tears the air.At any moment,one of these giants could fall on us | He! he! somebody decides to move higher | |
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| The mount Kaleakala is a volcano, height of 3055 m | The richness of the colors of the rocks offers a sublime landscape | We prepare to go down in the crater | ||
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| A "Money Sabre",a rare plant,here dying.In full flowering,.. | its flowers are red blood,and the leaves are silver | Strange bird ready to fly away | ||
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| A sea turtle | ||||
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| A Luau celebrates traditional islands. | Spitting of fire, dancers | But also cooking of the pig in sheets of banana trees... | under hot stones, the whole covered with sand.So good | A lizard called Geko |
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| The legend says that if you sees a Geko, happiness is found! | The "Lavengro" the boat on which we went for the sailing cruise | Isabelle and a member of the crew. | Sight on the Island of Mauii | |
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| Indigenous with his splendid companion, an hybrid parrot. | It can cut out your finger in a second: Patrick tested it! | To lay down in the sun, calms evening | ||
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| Pizza on the thumb! | ||||