Maui and The Big Island

Oh how I love thirteen hour flights. If anyone is thinking of exploring Hawaii in all of its beauty, make sure you bring something productive that's going to keep you busy for more than half a day. My favorite part was on the plane ride there, with all the screaming children continuously kicking the back of my seat, yeah, just kidding. Hawaii, so far, has been my favorite tropical hot spot. There is just so much to do and so much to see. I remember the second day we had arrived there; my sisters and I went out to bask in the sun. We were not on the beach, but lying by a pool set almost on a cliff, overlooking the ocean. I was gazing out into the water and I saw whales smacking the water with their big bodies. I had never seen such an amazing thing; I sat there and watched from my perfect view, natures finest. I had not been done with sea creatures just yet. A little later in my vacation, I was able to swim with the dolphins a secluded part of the animal park; it was almost like sea world, but 100 times better. Ever since I was little I always wanted to swim with the dolphins and now I can say I have. It was a rush holding on to their fin and being taken on a ride. After my dolphin fix, I needed to visit something I had heard so much about, the black sanded beach. If you every go to Maui, this is a must see. It was so different looking at a dark beach than this light soft sand that I'm used to. It was very hot and a little rougher than any other beach sand, but it was different and just as beautiful, if not more than any other beach because of its rareness. My last experience in Hawaii came from our hike for water. My mother, father, sisters and I, all hiked up this somewhat small muddy, rocky mountain to reveal the waterfall inside. Once we got midway up the mountain, follow the path through the inside, we hear water. It was a large stream about thigh high and you either had to walk on the jagged rocks or straight through the water to see the fall. We all jumped through the water and there it was, this sparkling refreshing waterfall created in the middle of this mountain. It felt like the purest water I had ever set foot in.