1 Antti playing games while we're waiting for our flight to Honolulu to take off
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3 Our hotel room in Honolulu
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11 Visiting Pearl Harbor and the USS Arizona Memorial
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21 At the Pacific Aviation Museum on Ford Island
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25 The famous Ford Island control tower
26 Walking to Hangar 79
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35 Swimming at Waikiki beach
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38 Looking east at Waikiki, Diamonhead is peaking from behind the trees
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41 Waiting for our flight to Maui
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43 Getting shave ice in Kihei
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45 At the Kamaole beach, accross the street from our apartment
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50 Fish at the Maui aquarium
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53 Antti walking through the tube that's inside the Maui aquarium
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58 Visiting Lahaina and the Banyan tree on Christmas Eve
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62 Pioneer Inn, built in 1901, was the only hotel in West Maui until the 1950s
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75 Christmas Day at Makena Bay State Park
76 We were at Oneloa (Big Beach). The hill in the background is Pu'u Ola'i, a large cinder cone.
77 Elsa, Johanna at the beach, which was awesome, but when we were there waves were to big and the current too strong for us to swim in.
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81 Going for a hike at La Peouse Bay, which is at the end of the road in south Maui.
82 The area is mostly lava from Haleakala's last eruption around the year 1790.
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91 Parking lot and the road back to Wailea and Kihei.
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93 Antti back at our regular beach in Kihei.
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95 Wind turbines on the northwest side of Maui
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97 Christmas decorations at the apartment complex
98 Morning of our last full day in Hawaii
99 Driving to the north end of Maui, past Lahaina and Kapalua. We wanted see the Dragon's Teeth rock formations close to Kapalua but could not find any parking, so we decided to continue driving further on Highway 30.
100 Walking towards the shore at Kahakuloa Bay on the northeast side of Maui
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105 On our way back drove through Honolua
106 Honolua Bay: looks like a very popular snorkeling place. Will have to go snorkeling here on our next trip to Maui!
107 Southern Maui seen from a rest stop somewhere along the Honoapiilani Highway before Maalea. This is a spot where we've previously seen breaching Humpback whales, but none this time.