Hawaii vacation 2010

In the interest of convenience, here's all of our Hawaii 2010 blogs in chronological order:

Hawaii bound!

Tight connection

Stranded at the Edmonton airport

Travel Tuesday

Aloha!

Wednesday in Hilo

Volcano Day! 

Hiking Mordor

Saturday in Hilo: Farmers market, BJ Penn, waterfalls!

Flying is for the birds

Rental hassle

Flights, frustration and fly balls

Maui Monday

On top of the world

Feeding a bird

Life's a beach

Mr. Trip Advisor's Guide to the Road to Hana

A novel idea

Saturday in Lahaina

Beachy keen

Fin-tastic!

One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish

Feeling froggy

Random Wednesday

Luau and farewell

Sitting at SFO

Random thoughts

Hawaii video - Hilo condo

Video: Maui Ocean Center

Hiking Mordor video

Skyline Eco Adventures Zipline tour video

Volcano helicopter tour video

On top of Halealaka, watching Akaka Falls and the big Banyan Tree

Fire dance - Royal Lahaina Luau video

Video: The Road to Hana

Plus, some of our photos:


Hawaii 2010


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