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:
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:
The tour ended with a gorgeous flight through the
Na Pali coastline.
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:
Heading out tomorrow for Maui -- never been there so thought I would give it a week. Jen was there last year and loved it.
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Posted by DaveH at January 12, 2010 10:16 PM