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Harbor views!

Off lately I'm in love with boats, cruises and Black and White Photography. Here are the few shots taken on our Alaska vacation.

We recently made a 3 day trip to one of world's first national park- Yellowstone. We flew from Seattle to Bozeman,Montana and drove to West Yellowstone.
Yellowstone park is famous for its geysers,mudpots, pools and hot srpings, sensual blast of hot steam followed by cold air, the aroma of rotten eggs and belching sound of a hot springs. It is a home for bisons,elk, bears, wolves and moose.It's spectacular landscape shaped by volcanoes and glaciers.

Taken at Canyon to Mammoth hot springs
Each part of the park boasts its own charm. To the northwest of the park, Mammoth offers terraces and colorful pools.

Taken at Lower Terrace Mammoth Hot springs

Taken at Mammoth Hot Springs

Mammoth Hot Springs

Taken at Trail to Lower Terrace Mammoth Hot springs

Canyon holds magnificent waterfalls - upper falls and lower falls. Much of Canyon's beauty comes from its subtle range of colors from egg white to salmon pink. It is a star of the entire park, series of scenic overlooks and a network of trails along the canyon's rims and interiors highlights its beauty.

Taken at Lower falls, Grand Canyon of Yellowstone

Lower Falls Overview
Yellowstone Lake is a huge wilderness of water that shelters the park's most remot reaches. The lake remains frozen almost half the year.You will find a buttercup-yellow building near yellowstone lake which one of the oldest and most elegant lodge.

Taken at Yellowstone lake - frosted

Yellowstone Lake Hotel
Norris geyser basin is one of the america's oldest continuously active geothermal area. In norris the earth sighs, boils and rages. The Basin features 2 areas - Procelain and Back Basin.

Taken at Norris Geyser Basin
Old Faithful is considered the tallest predictable geysers and erupts constantly every hour or so and lasts for 4-5 minutes. You see a historic enchanting log building called Old Faithful Inn.

Cool down Geysers

Taken at Old faithful

Taken at inside of Oldfaithful Inn
Madison Valley is of interest mainly to anglers and wildwatchers, as most of deers, bison and elk live in this area.

Norris to Madison

Bison

Deer
Altogether, Yellowstone is a great experience.

Water Falls at Columbia River Gorge

Columbia river is in the border between State of Washington and Oregon. The wide range of downfall in the gorge has a greenery rain forest and classic wild flowers . The Columbia river gorge has many waterfalls and dams. Every falls is unique in their own aspect. One of such is Multnomah Falls, a popular and breathtaking. There is approx. 1.2 mile hike trail that climbs to the top of the Multnomah Falls which provides great view of falls and Columbia river. From here you get to see a series of amazing waterfalls .

Multnomah Falls

Wild Flowers

Multnomah Falls

Latourell Falls

Horse Tail Falls

After a hike of 1.2 mile view from 600 ft above of Multnomah Falls

Old Columbia river Highway

Vista House at crown point is like a beautiful crown atop stone building built on this splendid landscape has a great overview of river gorge.

Vista House at Crown Point

Spectacular view of river gorge from Crown Point

Columbia river from Crown point Vista house

Exploring is endless and a great place to refresh again and must visit.

Hawaiian Islands [Oahu and Big Island]

A Small journey to the paradise Island "Hawaii".We spent our last year summer vacation in a place where fresh, floral air, warm tranquil waters and natural beauty energizes you all over. Hawaii has 6 major astonishing islands and every island has its own beauty. As per our scheduled plan, we managed to explore little of 2 major islands -
Oahu(Honolulu) called as heart of Hawaii
Big Island called as volcanic island.

Hawaiian Dolls
Oahu Island is densely populated compare to other islands and most popular tourists destination. It is also called 'Gathering Place'. It served entry point to most of the major islands. The well known places on Oahu Waikiki, Pearl Harbor, Diamond Head, Hanauma, Kaneohe Bay, Kailua Bay, North Shore.

With little time we explored the World famous Waikiki beach, which is most famous for its beaches and with diamond head as a backdrop, the calm waters of Waikiki are perfect for a surfing lesson.

Waikiki Beach and view of Diamond Head from Waikiki

Pearl Harbor is the only naval base in the United States to have the distinction to be recognized as a National Historical Landmark. You can see the history of war preserved in four museums. Below pictures are of the restored World war II Submarine and memorials.

USS Arizona Memorial

Battleship Missouri Memorial

Place where World War II ended

Diamond Head is situated at the end of Waikiki overlooking pacific ocean. You need to hike .7-mile up which will take about an hour to reach the summit, and half that time for the return. Standing atop, one can experience city-ocean speculator view.

Views from top of Diamond head-3520 feet high

Big Island as name itself says, its big in geographical area compare to other islands in Hawaii. The main attraction in Big Island is Volcanic National Park located southwest of Hilo. One of the most active volcanoes on earth. Due to time constraints, We took one day guide tour. Flew from Oahu to Big Island thru domestic carrier.

First we headed to Rainbow waterfalls, the best time to visit Rainbow Falls is in the morning hours when the sun rises over the area's mango trees. After witnessing the beauty of the falls, another of the Big Island Hawaii attractions is the natural cave situated behind Rainbow Falls Hawaii. The deep cave is the mythological home to Hina, an ancient Hawaiian goddess. True to its namesake, a kaleidoscopic rainbow can be seen from the cave and surrounding area when the cascading water connects with the pool below. The rainbow is a magical sight that penetrates the misty mornings creating an ethereal atmosphere.

Rainbow Waterfalls, Big Island
Halemaumau Crater -Steam vents plume from this massive crater, known as the home of Pele, the volcano goddess. This crater was filled with a lake of lava that eventually drained away. Great respect should be paid at this sacred site.

Halemaumau crater,Big Island

Punaluu Black Sand Beach is one of the most famous black sand beaches in Hawaii and the landscape is rugged with the remnants of recent volcanic eruptions. What surprises me is coconut trees are planted on that cool down lava rocks.