Archive for February, 2009

My Vacation on Maui, Day 10

Tuesday, February 10th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Today we spent the entire day in Kihei.  Our overall impression is that it was great and is our favorite place so far.  Ka'anapali was very very nice, but it felt a little 'upscale' for us.  Kihei was just more ...

My Maui Vacation, Day 9

Monday, February 9th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Today we took a day long snorkeling and whale watching tour.  My wife and I were pretty excited about it.  The itinerary was a whale watch on the cruise to the first site to snorkle at Molokini Crater for an hour.  Then ...

Vacation in Maui, Day 8

Sunday, February 8th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Today my loving wife dragged me to a Run for the whales.  We did the 5k walk portion of it.  It was a very nice experience and I liked it a lot more than I thought I might (and I ...

Vacation in Maui, Days 4, 5, 6 & 7

Saturday, February 7th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Day 4 - Today we walked the streets of Lahaina.  It is a pretty cool place.  It's known for the shopping, but my favorite thing was the Banyan tree.  I've never seen one in person before.  A banyan tree is a tree ...

Vacation in Maui, Hawaii - Day 3

Wednesday, February 4th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »

Today promised and delivered high winds.  Maalea, where we're staying, is one of the windiest harbors in the world.  Forutnately the winds are heading out of the bay, so the surf wasn't kicked up a ton, it just created waves ...

Vacation in Maui, Hawaii - Day 2

Monday, February 2nd, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

We started off today with a whale watching tour.  Our location is turning out to be great because it is right in the middle of the island, so it seems like everything is close.  The harbor the whale watching tour ...

Vacation in Maui, Hawaii - Day 1

Monday, February 2nd, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

The 9 hour flight to Oahu was uneventful.  I decided to changeinto my shorts and sandals and immediately felt better.  The next flight was basically an up and down flight.  After being on a 9 hour flight, this one seemed like ...