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photos on my Maui dive map hardly show                “Maui, no ka oi”, which means “Maui is
            you the scene though. You  must go to                 the best”, and it is. It is the best Maui in
            Maui now and you must get wet! Yes, go                the world! Although it is indeed
            right now! Well, if you don't go right this           impossible for me to say which Hawaiian

            minute,  after  you study Franko's  Dive              Island is my very favorite, it is just as hard
            Map of  Maui (especially if you buy a                 to say that Maui is not my favorite. How
            laminated flat map and place it on your               can a place on earth get more beautiful
            table to study while you eat every day) it            than Maui? How can a place on earth be
            will magically cause your goal of going to            more lovely and enjoyable? I indeed love
            Maui to come to fruition. It is the Franko's          Maui, and this map, I believe, captures the
            Map effect - it actually causes you to go to          idea that for Maui lovers, Maui no ka oi.

            your dream destination! You know, I've                Also this map definitely shows that Maui
            been studying Maui myself lately. I think             diving (and surfing) no ka oi!
            I'll have to go check the airlines schedules          Franko's Dive Map of Maui Side 1:
            and start planning my next visit to Maui,
            The Valley Isle.                                      Franko's  Map of Maui, The Valley Isle
                                                                  was begun as a first edition in the year
            As you might guess by looking closely at              2000. I later changed the name to Franko's
            the details on this map, I love Maui and I            Dive Map  of  Maui,  because  I  also
            love Maui diving. People in  California               introduced a map called Franko's Guide
            where I live seem to say the word “Maui”              Map of Maui.  I wanted a  clearer
            rather often when they talk about dream               distinction between the two, and thus the
            destinations. I'm frequently asked which              name change. I remember coming to Maui

            of the Hawaiian Islands is my favorite.               in 2000 to explore and to ask  questions
            The Hawaiian Islands are so different, and            amongst the local experts. I had printed
            yet they have much in common. It is really            out a prototype Franko Map of Maui and
            impossible to say which Hawaiian Island               I expected that I could get a lot of editing
            is my favorite, just as it would be for a             and help on site. It was a new concept for
            parent to say which child is their favorite.          Hawaii to have Franko Maps. In fact, most

            Well, if Maui was my child, I would have              of the maps in the world at the time did
            to say I love her very much, and she is my            not  show  the  technical  beautiful  shaded
            very favorite  for  many  reasons,  but I             relief of the mountains, nor did they show
            would also have to say that my children               dazzling colors as inspired by the island
            Oahu, Kauai, Lanai, Molokai, and my big               and its environment. In fact, I had never

            one, Hawaii are also wonderful, and I love            seen a really colorful, beautiful map like
            them just  as  much,  but for all kinds of            this until I created my first “dive map”,
            reasons. Locals  and visitors often say,
                                                                  which was Franko's Map of Santa
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