Maui | Jan Trabandt Travel Blog

Evil custom sundae and coffee with Bailey’s… Oh why do the travel gods torture u r not me so!?

Perpetual sunset

Always enjoy this on westbound flights, today from SFO to OGG …

Maui: had a nice quick dinner with a friend

Thanks Thomas for picking me up and good to finally meet Mika

After 3.5 hours on the ground due to late arrival, I’m off again

Funky sky pre-sunset on flight to Maui

YYZ-SEA “round trip” this week

To maximize miles, plus have dinner with my friend Thomas on Maui before a redeye back.

That’s YYZ-CLE-FLL-DEN-SEA, then SEA-SFO-OGG-SFO-ORD-YYZ, currently with 5 of those 9 flights upgraded (some complimentary, some using one of my upgrades).

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Dr Sun Yat Sen – he’s everywhere!

Well, just about everywhere there are significant Chinese population, it would seem (recall he is the founder of “modern China” who overthrew the last Chinese emperor).

There are monuments/memorials/roads/historical sites in honour of Dr Sun Yat Sen in Taipei (Taiwan), Maui (Hawaii, USA), Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore and Penang (Malaysia)!

Given the large Chinese community in Toronto, I just googled it and found this memorial statue in Riverside Park.

Maui: funky Holy Ghost Portuguese church in Kula

Trippy little details at this Holy Ghost Portuguese church, including the Last Supper (with a woman next to JC, as per Dan Brown’s Da Vinci Code), statue of Mary on a snake, and the dedication plaque referring to the creation of the world 6681 years ago (really?)…

Last Supper wooden relief sculpture on front of altar

Zoomed in on J.C. and his very female-ish companion - Mary Magdalene? (see Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code) — Zoomed in on J.C. and his very female-ish companion – Mary Magdalene? (see Dan Brown’s Da Vinci Code)

Statue of Mary in the church (what is she standing on, besides a pedestal?)

Closeup of statue - Mary standing on snake with apples — Closeup of statue – Mary standing on snake with apples

Dedication plaque outside of church ("In the era of creation of the world 6681, 1482 years after our lord JC...""). Um, right. — Dedication plaque outside of church (“In the era of creation of the world 6681, 1482 years after our lord JC…””). Um, right.

Maui: backside (south coast)

“Highway” on back side of Haleakala (i.e. on southern coast of Maui, gotten to on the road from Kula (upcountry), not from Kihei.
I just like how this road with signs stretches towards the ocean…

Maui: Sun Yat-Sen park (father of Taiwan)

Apparently Sun Yat-Sen went to school in Hawaii, and his relatives lived in upcountry Maui (near Kula). He even planned some of the Chinese revolution from here.
There is a park with a new statue of him, with a great view of the ocean.

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