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Hawaii Community College celebrated Halloween with a book reading with the keiki and a "Purge"-themed escape room.
Waimea Valley is an area of historic cultural significance on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii. The valley, being an important place in Hawaiian religion, includes several historical structures including stone terraces and walls constructed during the time of the Hawaiian monarchy. Much of the garden floor was once cultivated for taro, sweet potato, and bananas, with new crops and orchards introduced by Europeans after their arrival.
Formerly known as the Waimea Valley Audubon Center and the Waimea Arboretum and Botanical Garden, the Waimea Valley is a historical nature park including botanical gardens. It is located at 59-864 Kamehameha Highway, Haleiwa, Oahu, Hawaii and is open daily except for Christmas and New Year's Day; an admission fee is charged.
The garden was managed until 2003 by the City and County of Honolulu, when management was assumed by the National Audubon Society. In 2008, management was handed over to Hi'ipaka LLC, a non-profit company created by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.
The garden now contains 35 distinct collections, representing some 5,000 taxa from around the world. It contains one of the finest collections of Polynesian plants in existence, as well as excellent collections of very rare Hawaiian plants, rare and endangered species native to Lord Howe Island, and individual gardens dedicated to plants from Guam, Madagascar, the Mascarene Islands, the Ogasawara Islands, and the Seychelles.
Other major collections include the hibiscus evolutionary garden, araceae, bauhinia, bromeliaceae, heliconia, liliaceae, as well as bamboo, begonia, ferns, tropical fruit, etc.
The garden valley is approximate 0.75 miles in length, with a small waterfall and swimming hole at the valley's high end.
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Another highlight of the time spent on Maui was a helicopter flight around the northwest highlands. The scenery was extremely dramatic.
In this photo you can see the coastal town of Lahaina, which was the capital of the united Hawaiian islands for a period. It's a very pretty town and well worth a visit. The history trail includes highlights of the whaling and missionary activities here.
It has been a life-long wish to take a helicopter flight and I was not disappointed. Maui is a great place to take one's first flight and the weather, the pilot and the helicopter were all great. The flight was operated by Blue Hawaiian Helicopters, whom I strongly recommend.
An unidentified ex American Airlines McDonnel Douglas DC 10 series 10 of Hawaiian Airlines at Honolulu Int Sep 1999.
Hawaiians cooking a pig in a pit at a Luau In the Marriott Beach Resort Waikoloa Hawaii in the year 2006
From a stony grave life begins. A single strand of flowers peeks out of a crack in the aftermath of hardened lava from Mauna Loa Hawaii.
Hawaiian Airlines hosted a special media event at the Garden Terrace of the Halekulani to showcase recent upgrades to its in-flight meals and hospitality initiatives, as well as to discuss its history, current growth, and long-term strategy.
For more information read: Hawaiian Airlines upgrades in-flight meals, hospitality
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Big Island, Hawaii
Read more about Big Island adventures on land and sea -- through the Waipio Valley on horseback, night diving with manta rays, and kayaking Kealakekua Bay.