Monday 28th April The alarm went for 2.45am and we quickly dressed and jumped in the car making for the summit of Haleakala a 10'000ft dormant volcano in the middle of the isle. We arrived at the park entrance at around 4amish getting to the summit just before 5am and joined the rest of the people waiting for the sun to appear over the clouds. It was freezing cold and we made of the best of what we had with us not expecting to need any cold weather clothes. The ...

Wednesday 23rd April We'd pretty much packed and stored all our belongings at the house that were not needed for Maui (another one of the Hawaiian Islands). Packed up the bits and headed for the airport, dropping of the rental car we made for the terminal before taking a short flight with Hawaiian airlines. Arriving in Maui we picked up our new rental car a CONVERTABLE. We couldn't check into the hotel that we'd booked as it was too early for that so we had a ...

Friday 18th April We woke early and took a airport shuttle to the terminal to catch our flight to Honolulu with American airlines (who are poo by the way not flying with them again). As we approached the islands you could see the waves and beaches, the clear water and palm trees and the SUN. We landed and picked up a rental car a Chevrolet HHR (Hawaiian hot-rod) and headed off for the north shore and our accommodation. Along the way we passed mountains and pinea...