Jan Trabandt Travel Blog » Maui http://blog.jantrabandt.com notes from my travels Fri, 07 Sep 2018 14:49:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2 Evil custom sundae and coffee with Bailey’s… Oh why do the travel gods torture u r not me so!? http://blog.jantrabandt.com/?p=3614 http://blog.jantrabandt.com/?p=3614#comments Fri, 23 Jan 2015 06:00:17 +0000 http://blog.jantrabandt.com/?p=3614 image

]]> http://blog.jantrabandt.com/?feed=rss2&p=3614 0 Perpetual sunset http://blog.jantrabandt.com/?p=3608 http://blog.jantrabandt.com/?p=3608#comments Fri, 23 Jan 2015 05:58:08 +0000 http://blog.jantrabandt.com/?p=3608 image

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

]]> http://blog.jantrabandt.com/?feed=rss2&p=3608 0 Sunrise behind Haleakala http://blog.jantrabandt.com/?p=3176 http://blog.jantrabandt.com/?p=3176#comments Sat, 30 Nov 2013 03:32:45 +0000 http://www.jantrabandt.com/wordpress/?p=3176 This morning on Maui

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]]> http://blog.jantrabandt.com/?feed=rss2&p=3176 0 Maui: had a nice quick dinner with a friend http://blog.jantrabandt.com/?p=2706 http://blog.jantrabandt.com/?p=2706#comments Fri, 07 Dec 2012 08:09:22 +0000 http://www.jantrabandt.com/wordpress/?p=2706 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 :)

]]> http://blog.jantrabandt.com/?feed=rss2&p=2706 0 Funky sky pre-sunset on flight to Maui http://blog.jantrabandt.com/?p=2704 http://blog.jantrabandt.com/?p=2704#comments Fri, 07 Dec 2012 07:51:50 +0000 http://www.jantrabandt.com/wordpress/?p=2704 image

]]> http://blog.jantrabandt.com/?feed=rss2&p=2704 0 YYZ-SEA “round trip” this week http://blog.jantrabandt.com/?p=2685 http://blog.jantrabandt.com/?p=2685#comments Tue, 04 Dec 2012 05:30:24 +0000 http://www.jantrabandt.com/wordpress/?p=2685 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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]]> http://blog.jantrabandt.com/?feed=rss2&p=2685 0 Dr Sun Yat Sen – he’s everywhere! http://blog.jantrabandt.com/?p=1766 http://blog.jantrabandt.com/?p=1766#comments Sat, 05 May 2012 05:21:19 +0000 http://jantrabandt.com/wordpress/?p=1766 Continue reading 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.

]]> http://blog.jantrabandt.com/?feed=rss2&p=1766 0 Maui: funky Holy Ghost Portuguese church in Kula http://blog.jantrabandt.com/?p=1390 http://blog.jantrabandt.com/?p=1390#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 01:47:20 +0000 http://jantrabandt.com/wordpress/?p=1390 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?)…

Hexagonal church 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) Statue of Mary in the church (what is she standing on, besides a pedestal?) 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. ]]> http://blog.jantrabandt.com/?feed=rss2&p=1390 0 Maui: backside (south coast) http://blog.jantrabandt.com/?p=1379 http://blog.jantrabandt.com/?p=1379#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 01:34:42 +0000 http://jantrabandt.com/wordpress/?p=1379 “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…

Road on backside of Haleakala
]]> http://blog.jantrabandt.com/?feed=rss2&p=1379 0 Maui: Sun Yat-Sen park (father of Taiwan) http://blog.jantrabandt.com/?p=1372 http://blog.jantrabandt.com/?p=1372#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 01:30:26 +0000 http://jantrabandt.com/wordpress/?p=1372 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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