Where the Palm Trees Sway

August 15, 2008


Aloha,

I want to give you all the details of our Honeymoon trip but that would be impossible. We did so many exciting, adventurous and relaxing things while we were in Maui.
After the 12 hour plane flight from LAX to Maui (we had a layover in Phoenix) the first rational decision that we made was to upgrade our car rental to a Jeep. Why not? When it was so fabulous to finally be driving on the road to our hotel that we had been looking at on maps for the last three months. We were greeted at the Hyatt in Ka'anapali with Leis and plenty of Alohas. They upgraded our room to an oceanfront deluxe suite for free and gave us a cute memory album as a honeymoon gift. The room was beautiful and the views were spectacular.


Some of my favorite adventures:

1. Hiking in the IAO Rainforest
2. Walking around Lahiana- shopping, eating (good fish), people watching, watching the Lahaina Annual Film Festival
3. Watching the sunsets together nightly
4. Driving down Highway 33 stopping at almost every spot to take pictures

5. Bicycling down Haleakela, Maui's volcano (We got up at 3:00 in the morning to see the sunrise at the top and biked down the volcano at high speeds, how invigorating.)
6. Going to the aquarium in Ma'alea Bay after eating a great breakfast in Paia

7. Snorkling- we snorkled at Kapalua Beach, Big Beach (Wailea Beach) and Black Rock, we brought our own snorkel gear which we took everywhere with us

8. Stopping along the Ka'anapali boardwalk to sit at the bars and watch the Olympics (awesome)

10 Things I Love About Maui:

1.) Sea Turtles

2.) the sun

3.) the sunsets

4.) the rainbows that sweep from one side of the mountain to the other

5.) the tasty fish (sorry no Salmon in Maui)

6.) Maui Tacos

7.) falling asleep every night to the waves crashing on the sand

8.) the mouth-watering pineapple

9.) there's no traffic and the Highways are always in view of the ocean

10.) how there can be so many shades of blue in the ocean