Maui's Beauty

This blog is created by John Ayala.

I chose the island of Maui as my place to explore.  Maui is the second largest island of the eight that mke up the Hawaiian Islands.

The reason I chose Maui, is because me and my new bride were married there on 10/10/10.  We said our vows in Wai' anapanapa state park, on a black sand beach with beautiful sea caves that surrounded us as well (it was like being in heaven).  We went snorkling at the Molikini Islet which is an eroded sunken volcanic cindercone, that is located 3 miles off the southern shore of Maui.  I had a chance to swim with different species of fish and observed a sea turtle swimming by as well.  I wanted to mountain bike down the Halekala summit.  This dormant volcano is 10,023 ft to its summit, and holds the record for climbing to the highest elevation in the shortest distance (38 mi).  The sun rise is also suppose to be a must see from the summit of Halekala.


                             My wife Ely and I on the black sand beach in Wai' anapanapa state park

I can,t wait to start studying this island, to see the processes it took to form these beautiful geographic features