a walk to the moon...

After a tiring drive on the road to Hana previous day, we still had all the enthusiasm to go for a drive to this dormant crater.. we checked out from the resort and dumped our bags on the backseat and headed off to this crater.. it was like a road starting from the sea level and twisting as high up as 10000 feet in the clouds... we started off at a temp of 25 degree celsius at sea level for this 20 miles drive to Haleakela National Park.

Hale-a-ka-la literally means "House of the Sun". This is the highest peak on Maui and the most beautiful spot to enjoy the spectacular sunrise and the sunset. Although we did not make it for the sunrise, I can imagine that sunrise on Haleakala must be breathtaking. First the pitch black sky when the entire maui will be under its blankets. And slowly the rays of light spreading across in the sky.. the colors of these rays slowly penetrating the darkness and clearing the sky from this darkness could be unbelievable.. And then the dark ocean beneath sparkles up when the sun rays kiss the waters...

The road is quite rough n tough.. And the drive is quite adventurous up this crater.. First you see the clouds high up.. and slowly as you go up the elevation, you see that you driving among the clouds.. now this was really amazing driving through the clouds.. and then in no time you are above these white clouds.. it feels like you are in the airplane.. never thought we could get such view without being in airplane.. as we climbed higher up the elevation, clouds went lower n lower and we could see the sun on one side and the moon on the other side.. the lava rocks and the crater formation makes one feel you are climbing up the moon :-)

for the first time in my life i understood what do you mean by a breathtaking experience...