January 12, 2010

Helicopter ride and a pleasant afternoon botanizing

The copter ride was a blast. The pilot was one of these laid-back been there, seen that kind of people who instilled confidence. His movements on the cyclic and collective were very smooth -- he had been flying for more than a few hours and really knew this craft:
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The little bug in the center is my cousin. Lots of gorgeous chained waterfalls -- it would be quite the hike to get to the base but a wonderful place to camp out for a couple days:
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The tour ended with a gorgeous flight through the Na Pali coastline.
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Later that afternoon, we visited the Limahuli Garden. This is part of the National Tropical Botanical Garden. These people are doing wonderful conservation work -- the place was gorgeous and all of the terracing that you see in this photo is original -- there are terraces all over the place if you know what to look for:
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Heading out tomorrow for Maui -- never been there so thought I would give it a week. Jen was there last year and loved it. Comments are disabled for now... Posted by DaveH at January 12, 2010 10:16 PM