Looking over the clouds

From Mauna Kea. This little trip to the Mauna Kea Observatories was definitely the best part of the whole Hawaii vacation.

During my masters course I will go for another big trip with the school, it will either be Brazil or China. Since we can take off on our own after the company visits, I plan to take the trip to China, because I really want to see South Korea and Japan. After all I want to learn Japanese, I already have tons of podcasts and a dictionnary for it. I think I will start with a class at the adult education center in Autumn.

Mauna Kea Observatories in evening light

It was a half day trip I booked at Big Island (they've got tons of fun stuff like helicopter flights, dolphin watching and so on) and that I first thought of as being expensive (About 200 $, but including dinner and stargazing after enjoying the sunset between the observatories. It was perfection. Best part of my Hawaii vacation!!), but it was worth every penny. LOVED IT.

If you go to Hawaii, Big Island is best in my opinion, forget Oahu (you can go shopping anywhere, you don't have to go to Hawaii for it. But the pineapple icecream at the pineapple plantation is delicious.) or Kauai (except for hiking).