Thursday, December 8, 2011

More Maui

Today we visited South Maui and the communities of Kihel, Wailea and Makena. The community of Wailea is very upscale and probably the wealthiest on the island. Many plush homes and condos as well as high rise hotels. The guidebook said the best beaches are in South Maui and I agree. We walked a couple and took a beach path on the ocean side of some huge hotels and condos. The next trip we will be looking for a condo in this area. Still our condo is hard to beat with an ocean view and within a rocks throw of the water.

We had a late lunch and stopped at Fred's Mexican Cafe in Kihel. Despite the anglo named the food was good and the waitress earned my vote for waitress of the week. Gail might not agree. Stopped at Barnes and Noble in Lahaina on the way back to the condo. According to the lady in the quilt store this is the only book store on the island.

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Maui

We were treated to a half hour rainbow this morning from our condo. Today we visited Lahaina, where we walked around town, bought a hat and left the t-shirts. Then off to the Iao Valley and the Iao Needle. We took the windy single lane road around the island, stopped at the blow hole, but missed the Olivine pools and finished at Kapalua and the tooth lava. Finished up with dinner on the deck watching the sun go down.