womanonabicycle .....

On Moloka'i I saw different birds, fewer chickens actually.

There were turkeys and smaller poultry, which are apparently called Franklins. Seeing feral turkeys was funny.

There were tiny geckos

A black type of bumble bee, which a local told me was a beetle, I really wasn't convinced. Google seemed to think it was a female Carpenter bee.

She wouldn't let me take a photo, however.

Huge but harmless Guardian Moths.

Wing span approx 10-12 cms.

And I met a crab with attitude which demanded a face off ..

Whilst on this deserted beach.

Oh no...wait, there's someone over there..

I was told that Moloka'i was replete with deer. Packed, chocca, falling over them, too many, saturated, stuffed, crawling, rammed to the gunnels, overrun. By day three in my deer spotting total was a big, fat ZERO.

Day 4 I saw two herds and a dead one. which someone said had starved to death, but looked more runover to me, on account of being a bit mangled.

Moloka'i is a small, rural island. The tourist scene is very understated and not overly developed at all. They have a rule that a building can't be taller than a coconut tree. It's just lovely.

In terms of Hawaii and things you an see or do. The land is fairly diverse, having both moutains and flats, red earth, tropical and arid spaces. It can also be very rocky, that'll be the volcanoes.

My brother-in-law wanted some rock shots. Geology, apparently.

As to Hawaii, seemingly a lot of American groups come for the Aloha (hello or warm welcome). I saw loads of groups all dressed in matching outfits. It's clearly a type of humorous quirk ...one which the British would probably reserve for hen dos, stag dos or visiting choirs?

Sureptitious shot at Pearl Harbor.