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Thursday, May 10th, 2007
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| 11:37a | Wowie Maui! We spent 5 wonderful days in Maui and got back on Tuesday. We were on the go the whole time, no relaxing on the beach for us (as if we couldn't do that here in SD anyway). The first night we took it easy and went out to dinner at Roy's. Unlike the Roy's in CA there is no extravagant torches lighting up the outside and no fancy schmancy interior. Roy's was originally a Hawaiian based restaurant. Excellent fish!
Second day we went on a snorkel cruise at 6:30AM. The catamaran took us first to Molokini (an offshore island) where the visibility in the water was 180ft! It was like swimming in a fish tank, so clear. We took some pictures with an underwater camera but haven't developed those yet. Then we went to Turtle Town and got to swim with some huge sea turtles. That same night we went to the Royal Lahaina Luau. We opted for the VIP treatment and were waited on like royalty. Instead of standing in line in the hot sun for general admission we were escorted to a private open bar where we hung out with some other travelers from SD. They came and took us to our front row seats right before the Luau started and we got to hit the buffet line first. We also didn't have to get up and get our drinks because they brought them to us. Awesome!
Third day we hit the Road to Hana bright and early. Our guide book, Maui Revealed, was lent to us by Karen and led us to a lot of private waterfalls that it seemed no one else knew about. Some of them were right off the road and some we had to hike a bit to get to but all were beautiful. My favorite was the Blue Pool that was about 3 miles off the road. The locals don't like tourists coming there so there are all sorts of "No Trespassing" signs and a big sign that says "Blue Pool is Closed" but at the end of the dirt road before you start hiking a person charges $2 to park on their property. It was totally worth it!
Fourth day we biked 38 miles down the Haleakala volcano. It was a dormant volcano for a long time but just got put back on the active list. Too bad it didn't erupt while we were there. After the bike ride we went for a drive on the coast and hiked along the beach where the last lava flow in Maui happened.
Fifth day, so sad to leave. We shopped around in Pa'ia for a bit and then checked out the Twin Falls that we skipped when we did the road to Hana. There were a lot of people at the first waterfall but there was no one at the second and we had a private picnic lunch right in front of the waterfall. Then it was time to go to the airport and head home. I cant wait to go back!
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