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North America » United States » Hawaii » Maui » Lahaina June 24th 2013

Now up to Wednesday the 19th and the plan was to snorkel at Black Rock however poor viz. forced the travellers back to the pools at the Westin. The rest of the day was spent absorbing the rays and continual dipping into one of the pools and/or the ocean. Due to large and close to shore wave breaks the long experienced symptom of "sand in crack" was experienced by all surf goers. Big $93.00 lunch around the pool and dinner at Leilani's Restaurant with a good sample of a new ale "Dead Guys Ale" brewed by the Rouge Brewing Company of Maui. Thursday - THE GREAT GOLF CHALLENGE EXPEDITION commenced with a 6.45am ferry ride to the island of Lania. Two course for a total of 36 holes. The first course was the Keoloe Experience which ... read more

North America » United States » Hawaii » Maui » Upcountry June 2nd 2013

Maui Hawaii is one of the most beautiful places on this earth. When you go be ready to have a blast in and out of the water. Now one of the main reason to go to Mai is for the water but there are plenty of things to do out of the water that are just as fun. Going to Maui there are some expenses that you just can't get away from, like plane tickets, and a place to stay. We were able to get our round trip tickets from Portland International airport with Alaskan airlines round trip for $417.00 dollars per person. Now we also started looking 9 months in advance. It is amazing how often the prices changed, they were up and down just like the stock market. So we recommend setting a date ... read more
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North America » United States » Hawaii » Maui February 17th 2013

Vi havde planlagt at tage en guided tur som gik ned forbi en by som hedder Hana og syd om og så hjem igen, så en lille 12timers tur. Vi stod op kl. 06 da vi blev hentet på hotellet kl.07.05 inden turen gik vidre ud for at hente de sidste folk og efter lidt forvirring omkring et par der skulle med, men som var steget på en anden bus kom vi afsted. Vores guide var flyttet til Hawaii for 8år siden, da hun efter en ferie var blevet forelsket i Hawaii, hun arbejde 2 jobs for, at have råd til, at leve på Hawaii men syntes det var det værd. Hun var en frisk og oplagt guide selvom hun kører den samme tur 3 gange om ugen. på turen var der et muntert ægtepar fra ... read more
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North America » United States » Hawaii » Maui » Lahaina February 16th 2013

Kæreste og jeg besluttede os for, at tage til Kihei, som ligger ved turtle town og er den hurtigst voksende by på Maui. Vi gik ned til whalers village for, at tage bussen, i bussen faldt vi i snak med et ægtepar fra Minnasota, rigtige flinke og varme mennesker og vi endte med, at tale med dem indtil, at de skulle videre med en anden bus, men inden, at de forlod bussen havde vi udvekslet oplysninger og de havde inviteret os til, at komme og bo hos dem hvis vi nogensinde kom til Minnasota, så nu må vi se om det sker, men vi tænkte, at det kunne være et muligt rejsemål i fremtiden. Vi skulle skifte bus ved et indkøbscenter, i en by som vi ikke kendte, så vi gjorde det mest fornuftige og det ... read more
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North America » United States » Hawaii » Maui » Lahaina February 15th 2013

Så kom en af de dage jeg virkelig havde glædet mig til. En snorkeltur til krateret Molokini. Vi stod op kl.06.00 for at komme til vores tidlige checkin. vi kørte lystigt til Lahaina og fandt ud af, da vi kom til Lahaina, at vi havde taget fejl og, at turen ikke afgik fra Lahaina men fra Maalaea, så nu skulle der køres til, for at vi kunne nå vores afgang. vi nåede afgangen, meen det var lige lovligt tæt på, at vi ikke gjorde det. også her mødte vi danskere og hende som stod for det meste på turen viste sig, at være svensker og skulle studerer i KBH til sommer. meget pudsigt. På turen fik vi serveret frugt og kage til morgenmad og der var igen mange hvaler tæt på. Vi ankom til til Molokini ... read more
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North America » United States » Hawaii » Maui » Lahaina February 14th 2013

Idag gik turen til byen Lahaina. Denne by var en gammel hvalfanger by og den havde beholdt meget af det gamle, Byen havde en masse små butikker, med kendte og mindre kendte mærker, men en meget turistet by, charmerende men turistet. dog klart et besøg værd hvis man er i området. Vi tog med "pacific whalers foundation" grunden til, at vi tog med dem, var for at støtte det arbejde de laver med hvalerne. på en hvaltur, vejret var godt solen skinnede fra en klar himmel og det viste sig, at vi endnu en gang skulle løbe ind i nogle danskere, ja vi kan åbenbart ikke gå fri :) Der kommer omkring 10.000 hvaler onkring Maui i disse måneder inden de sømmer tilbage til Alaska. Vi så utroligt mange hvaler på denne tur, den oplevelse som ... read more
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North America » United States » Hawaii » Maui » Lahaina February 13th 2013

Så kom vi til Maui og min dejlige kæreste kom herned til mig, jeg havde savnede hende enormt meget, så det var en gave i sig selv :) hun havde været på en lille sviptur på små 30timer grundet en forsinkelse.. men hun var frisk da hun kom og gensynsglæden var stor :) vores hotel lå i et område som hender kaanapali, som er et pænt turistet område, men det er flot om hotellet vi boede på var pænt og der var god service. vi havde et værelse med havudsigt.efter vi var tjekket ind gik vi en tur til et område som hedder "whalers village" dette er indkøbs område i still med den dyrer ende af strøget, men flot.Vi slå os ned på en resturent med live musik og udsigt over havet, samt en meget frisk ... read more
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North America » United States » Hawaii » Maui » Lahaina November 24th 2012

So, here we are on our final hours, waiting for the start of our final journey in this adventure. We started the travel 3 weeks ago, but the planning was months in the making. Amazing how all that work has translated into all this. Now, in a few short hours, we will begin the process of taking the final few steps back home, and an official completion of Penny's circle. When we began on November 2, I was just worried about getting out of Smithers, let alone all the dekes and curves that were going to be thrown Penny's way. We both are going to take a lot from this trip, but some things really stood out. We remember the waiter in the Maldives asking if we were Muslims because we refused an offer of alcohol. ... read more
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North America » United States » Hawaii » Maui » Lahaina November 18th 2012

Once we started to board the plane in Manila, Penny knew exactly where she was going. She also knew we had one more flight after this one landed. The destination for PR100 was Honolulu, which told Penny that she was on her way to Maui. After all the posibilities given to her, she was finally going to the destination she thought she would get at the beginning of the trip. When we left Vancouver, she thought we were going west, when in fact we headed east. So, after 10 glorious hours in the air we arrived early Saturday morning in Honolulu. We collected our things, went to domestic, and then caught the short flight to Maui. Once in Maui, we had a car waiting for us and we were off to Kaanapali to stay the week ... read more
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North America » United States » Hawaii » Maui » Lahaina October 2nd 2012

Aloha! Sunday 30th September – Maui (Haleakala National Park) We got up (much better nights sleep tonight, I shut the window so I couldn’t hear the traffic) were going to take the free hostel tour to Big Beach and Little Beach, I really wanted to go as had heard it was a must see (beautiful and for the fire shows in the evening). But in the end we decided not to and decided to move from the hostel into a hotel…so it was a busy morning of sorting. We booked into the Royal Lahaina (just outside of Lahaina) and checked out of the hostel; they wouldn’t give us a refund but that’s understandable. We packed up the car and headed for the Haleakala National Park, a dormant volcano. I hadn’t originally planned to go because I’d ... read more




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