Let’s talk first about the 800-lb. elephant in the room: It’s in a strip mall anchored by a Long’s Drugs. That’s it in the corner of the Google Street View screenshot above. But don’t let that discourage you as you drive up to Antonio’s Italian Kitchen, which may very well have the best Italian food […]
Tag Archives | maui
Maui Days 6-7: Turtles, Dinner Plans, and Home
Sigh. Our last full day on Maui. I’d tell you that we woke up sad, and that would be true. But the full story is that we started getting sad about leaving three days ago! Today, the end of an amazing vacation was just staring us in the face. The highlight of today’s schedule was […]
Maui Day Five: Blue Hawaiian Helicopter Tour, Dinner on the lanai
After a (supposedly) relaxing day, we were back out bright and early this morning with some big plans: our first zipline tour! I must confess that, as the week wore on, I actually wasn’t looking forward to ziplining. Don’t know why; just had a feeling like something might go wrong. Plus, it was the activity […]
Maui Day Four: Snorkeling at Kaanapali Beach, Sea Turtles & Dolphins
While I was busy planning and scheming and drawing up our plan of attack for the trip to Hawaii, Cari made sure to tell me that she wanted some down time so that she could just relax on the beach and/or by the pool and maybe get a massage and other non-active stuff like that. […]
Maui Day Three: Road to Hana, Cliff Dive Ceremony at Black Rock
(I’ll pretend to be a Hawaii expert with this opening salvo.) There are two different Mauis: the beach version and the rain forest version. After spending a couple days enjoying the beach version, we went to see rain forest Maui today. More specifically, we drove the road to Hana. (more…)
Maui Day Two: Four Winds II Molokini Snorkeling, Dinner in Lahaina
(May 3, 2011) That three-hour time difference that I mentioned in the day one recap also meant that we were up crazy-early each day. Cari was usually awake between 5-6 am and I was awake by 6 or 6:15 every day. We wondered how people from the East Coast adapt to the six-hour time difference…. […]
