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“Pic of the Week”. February 28, 2014: Rainbow Falls, Hilo, Big Island of Hawaii
Situated on the outskirts of Hilo, on the windward site of the Big Island of Hawaii, is beautiful Rainbow Falls. The falls is just northwest of Hilo off the main roads of the city, in Wailuku River State Park. It’s in a small canyon covered with lush tropical foliage and makes a picture-perfect photostop for people heading to and from Volcanoes National Park. The waterfall has a beautiful “Y” shape only when there’s only the right amount of precipitation — too much or too little and the “Y” disappears into a single channel of water. The fall’s name comes from the rainbow you’ll see in morning light on a sunny day.
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Feb 27, 2014
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“Pic of the Week”, December 20, 2013. Iao Needle, Maui, Hawaii
Iao Valley State Park (pronounced “Yeow Valley!”) is a small park worth seeing not just for its physical beauty but its historic importance. While the Iao Valley is really situated in the heart of the eroded West Maui Volcano, it can only be approached from Central Maui. A several mile road winds its way up the Iao Valley from Wailuku, a lovely drive through lush rain-forest.
Iao Valley gets its name from the Iao Needle, a rock pinnacle stretching to 2250′ (just under 700 M) above sea level; it’s the subject of this week’s highlighted photo. The adjoining small Iao Stream gently tumbles down the Valley in no way betraying that it was here in 1790 that …
Dec 19, 2013
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“Pic of the Week”. July 12, 2013. Scarlet Macaw, Peruvian Amazon
One of the thrills of traveling to the Amazon rain-forest is to see its large colorful flocks of birds. The most spectacular of these are scarlet macaws which are actually not just scarlet but a combination of red, yellow and blue. To watch them in flight is to see color become fluid and take life.
My brother and I visited the Peruvian Amazon after hiking the Inca Trail. We spent a few nights at the Tambopata Lodge situated in a National Reserve, a long boat trip upriver from the airport at Puerto Maldonado. The lodge is in the heart of a beautiful rain-forest and offers the advantage of cool evening breezes from the barely visible Andes to the west which provide …
Jul 11, 2013
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The Big Island of Hawaii (Part 2) Hilo & Hamakua Coast
Hilo is tucked into the northeastern corner of the Big Island, on the slopes of Mauna Loa’s rainy side. And boy can it rain; the region gets up to 200 inches each year though (fortunately) much of the rain falls at night. It’s because of this moisture and the warm weather that this is the side of the island where you get to see great waterfalls set in thick lush tropical rain-forest.
Hilo is the largest town on the Big Island although its population is less than 50,000 — “small town” by most standards. Its history dates back to the sugar plantation days when it was a thriving center of commerce, and it has a charming historic …
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