TRAVELS (and more) WITH CECILIA BRAINARD: Travel - Taking a Break in Maui, Hawaii

Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Travel - Taking a Break in Maui, Hawaii

The Island of Maui, Hawaii has a population of around 150,000, which swells to around 200,000 when tourist are around. Even though July is not considered high season, there are quite a number of tourists around. The airplane I took from Honolulu to Maui had many Europeans and Australians.

There are other places that are just as physically beautiful as Maui is --- Fiji and the Philippines for instance, but the difference is that Maui is part of the United States. It is clean and safe, and the standard of living is high. It is also not overpopulated as it is in the Philippines.

My family and I are in Maui to enjoy some of the sun and sea and relaxation.

We are kicking back and also taking in the sights in Maui. Today we drove up to the Iao Valley State Park where King Kamehameha defeated the leader of Maui.

We also drove south to the lava beds.If you look carefully at the picture of the black lava bed, you can see wild black goats.

I'm sharing some pictures. Check back for more.

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Tags: Maui, Hawaii, travel, United States, Islands, Kahului

This is all for now,
Cecilia

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard's official website is ceciliabrainarddotcom. She is the award-winning author and editor of 22 books, including When the Rainbow Goddess Wept, The Newspaper Widow, Magdalena, Selected Stories, Vigan and Other Stories, and more. She edited Growing Up Filipino 1, 2, & 3, Fiction by Filipinos in America, Contemporary Fiction by Filipinos in America, and other books.. Her work has been translated into Finnish and Turkish; and many of her stories and articles have been widely anthologized. Cecilia has received many awards, including a California Arts Council Fellowship in Fiction, a Brody Arts Fund Award, a Special Recognition Award for her work dealing with Asian American youths, as well as a Certificate of Recognition from the California State Senate, 21st District, and the Outstanding Individual Award from her birth city, Cebu, Philippines. She has lectured and performed at UCLA, USC, University of Connecticut, University of the Philippines, PEN, Shakespeare & Company in Paris, and many others. She has served in the Board of literary arts groups such as PEN, PAWWA (Pacific Asian American Writers West), among others.