Because most of my coworkers had cameras and took many pictures, I only
took a few.
Click on images below to enlarge:
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| November 12, 2007
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| I didn't take any pictures on the day I arrived.
One sight made me seriously wish I had my camera easily available: as we
rode the bus from the airport to the hotel, the sun was setting behind
some mountains to the west. Although the sun was out of sight, the
sun's rays emanated like a sunburst from behind the mountain,
illuminating clouds from below as if from spotlights.
While I've previously seen the sun peek from behind a cloud to send a
beam of light to illuminate a particular spot on the ground (as one sees
in movies, accompanied by exultant music, when the hero sees something
that'll rescue him from his plight), I've never seen anything like this
before: multiple rays rising up from the ground, not descending toward
it.
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| November 13, 2007
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| As with all company trips, our hotels rooms were unnecessarily posh.
This movie shows the entrance, the enormous bathroom, and the bedroom.
| This movie shows the balcony (too bright and hence washed out) and the
living room.
| The view from our hotel room's balcony.
| A 360 degree panorama of resort and its multiple pools.
I don't understand why a resort in Hawaii, with comfortable water
temperatures throughout the year, needs pools. Do people hate salt that
much?
Also, why do they keep the grass as short as grass on a putting green?
It looks and feels weird to me.
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| A pleasingly symmetric fountain hidden near an outdoor reception area in
the resort. I often took a shortcut taking me up these steps; I think
most other people didn't even see it.
| Excellent. The path from the hotel to the beach, some palm trees,
and a statue (at left). The tikki torches look cool at night.
| The beach.
The land in the distance is another part of Maui.
| A pretty stunning 360 degree panorama of the beach by the resort and the
various resort buildings. The buildings seem to glow.
About halfway through the video, you can see some bungalows, one of which
the managers stayed in.
Excellent.
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| Houses on a hill near the resort. They might be part of the resort. I
wonder how much they're worth?
| Lunch: taro patty sandwich, potato chips, and coleslaw.
| The hotel's main lobby. I took this video because the lobby expresses
well the hotel's airy Mediterranean architecture.
| A spacious hall leading to the lobby. It's another example of the
resort's spacious, open design.
I like the enormous paintings at right.
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| November 14, 2007
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| Some ragged terrain on the west side of Maui,
as seen from the bus on the way to the luau.
| The beach, again as seen from the bus.
It's funny: except for a slight change in camera angle, this video could
be run continuously on repeat.
| A panorama of the luau's setting. This movie has audio.
Music, sometimes live, sometimes recorded, was piped through the area until
it was time for dinner and the show. The stage, which has a canoe on
it, is visible about a quarter of the way through the video.
Incidentally, I sat in a real chair, not on a floor cushion.
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| November 15, 2007
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| A memento. We were given leis by the hotel when we arrived on Monday.
| A memento. On Wednesday, we were given beads when we arrived at the
luau.
| Another panorama taken by the resort's beach. You can hear the waves
crashing!
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| Fodder for Panorama of Resort from Hotel Room's Balcony
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