Tag: solo-travel
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UWC Day 071 – Kona, Hawaii – Chill Day in the City with the Family
Tender port, so we just went out and wandered around the city. Almost got a car to drive up the Kohala coast, but ended up just chilling since we had to be back for last tender. Photo Gallery: https://pics.mattichan.com/-uwc071 View from Ship Headed out to take a look at the view, and saw a big…
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UWC Day 070 – Hilo, Hawaii – Rejoining the Ship and Driving the Southern Coast of the Big Island
Rejoined the ship in Hilo and then did a quick self-drive around the south side of the island before heading back to the ship. Home sweet home. Photo Gallery: https://pics.mattichan.com/-uwc070 Morning Preparations Woke up at 3:30am and headed over to the self-serve car wash to rinse off all the (very slight) amount of dirt from…
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UWC Day 069 – Maui, Hawaii – Snorkeling Tours and Cleaning Up
Maui section of the trip is wrapping up, so had a couple tours, then needed to start getting packed up and cleaning the car for return tomorrow. Photo Gallery: https://pics.mattichan.com/-uwc069 Morning Snorkeling to Molokini Got up bright and early (around 5am) to get to the pier for my morning snorkeling tour to Molokini. I arrived…
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UWC Day 068 – Hana, Hawaii – Back to Central Maui
A little bittersweet to be leaving camp, but the national park (to be fair), only allows 3 consecutive nights at a time when booking reservations, so that others can camp as well. Made the trek back to Central Maui, making a few stops along the way. Photo Gallery: https://pics.mattichan.com/-uwc068 Packing Up Caught the sunrise as…
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UWC Day 067 – Hana, Hawaii – Waiʻanapanapa State Park and more exploring of the East Side
Finally got a reservation at Waiʻanapanapa State Park and some more exploring of the East Side of the Road to Hana and surrounding area. Lovely day filled with sights, driving and hiking. Booked a reservation for the last one of the day to get the softer light, and less people (in theory) as most people…
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UWC Day 066 – Hana, Hawaii – East Side of the Road to Hana
Pretty awesome day enjoying the sights and sounds on the Hana side of the island. Nice, slow day, but full and saw a lot of things! Photo Gallery: https://pics.mattichan.com/-uwc066/gallery Morning Start Woke up and drove the 2 min to the visitor center even though it wasn’t open, because it has bathrooms with flushing toilets, so…
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UWC Day 065 – Maui, Hawaii – Road to Hana and Kipahulu on East Maui
One of my favorite drives in the world is the Road to Hana (as the driver of course). Nothing like zig zagging through the rainforest with coastal views everywhere with the windows down and enjoying the fresh air. The curves and turn force you to just enjoy and not be blitzing to your destination, and…
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UWC Day 064 – Maui, Hawaii – ʻĪao Valley and Haleakala Summit for Sunset and Stargazing
First full day in Maui. Beautiful day in the ʻĪao Valley and then a tour up Haleakala Summit for the sunset and some stargazing with Maui Stargazing (and a huge telescope). Awesome day of sights. Photo Gallery: https://pics.mattichan.com/-uwc064/gallery Morning Start Started in the morning to some birds that were running around camp before I headed…
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UWC Day 063 – Transit Day – Maui, Hawaii
Kind of a weird day (seems like a theme for my birthday the last couple years). But eventually got to my destination, and ready for a little bit of time in paradise. Starting the Day Woke up with a migraine and knew it was gonna be a semi-rough day. Headed out with my stuff (thank…
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UWC Day 062 – Transit Day – Los Angeles, California
Transit day to California because all the routes to Maui got changed an hour earlier, so all connecting flights from Cabo to Maui now include an overnight somewhere. Thankfully, I have some friends in LA that I was able to crash with overnight. Chill Morning Didn’t do much in the morning, and even though I…
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