Suckers. Too bad it's my last. But lots has happened.
Finally, on day seven, we jet skiied. Tons of fun, especially with Maui as your backdrop. In the afternoon, I finally got to rest and work on my tan. Now I'm getting yelled at that I have to go pack.
The only thing you can listen to on the radio in Hawaii is reggae or Jack Johnson, so even though I've moved on from his music since high school, I'll make the song of the day a Jack Johnson song. It really is necessary to listen to his music to get the whole "Chill Hawaii" experience.
"Sitting, Waiting, Wishing"- Jack Johnson official music video at YouTube
The night we arrived... we ate McDonald's. $9 for an extra value meal. Insane. But they still have a dollar menu, so if you're sneaky you can get a meal for 4 or 5 bucks. But yeah, that was pretty much all we did the first night except for watch the sunset, which was awesome. The first couple hours you're in Maui you're just in awe of your surroundings if you've never been there. We stayed at the Ka'anapali Beach Club all week, where we have a time share (so, ladies, if you're looking to get to Hawaii, all I'm saying is I will be inheriting said time share).
The next day we went snorkelling in a harbor. There were as many 400-pound sea turtles there as there are squirrels in a park. It was awesome, and if you're lucky you can get up to one before it dives to the bottom and holds its breath for an hour. But if you touch one I guess it's a year in jail. At night, we went to Lahaina, which is your stereotypical surf town. In fact, they did the reality surf show from MTV, "Living Lahaina", there. This will come into play later... Anyway, Lahaina is kind of the State Street of Hawaii. It's shopping central. We ate at "Cheeseburger in Paradise", the restaurant Jimmy Buffett owns. It was real tasty stuff.
Our third day, we took a party boat out to different spots in the Pacific to snorkel. It was lots of fun. There was lots of fun stuff to look at (off and on the boat if you know what i mean), but there were no sea turtles, and other than the fact that you can see fifty feet below you, it wasn't much different from the fish we saw in the fifteen feet below us in the harbor. It was a sweet experience nonetheless.
On the fourth day, we took the road to Hana. This is a crazy exper
ience. The road to Hana takes you through 50 miles of rainforest, where you climb more than 1,000 feet on roads that are 1 1/2 car-widths wide with two-way traffic. According to the shirt I have there are 617 curves and 53 one-car bridges. Often, you take a turn and are staring straight at another car. Hence, you have to take the whole trip at 10-15 mph. But it's definitely the most "Hawaiian" place in Hawaii. Along the way, you see many waterfalls. You can swim in the pools that most of them make. Probably the coolest are the "Seven Pools", which are basically just 7 tiers down the side of a mountain. Supposedly if you swim in all seven you make it to heaven. We only made it through three, so I guess I'm out of luck. Also on the road is Charles Lindbergh's grave, who is actually buried in the same graveyard as monkeys (it's a long story). He's also buried sitting up so he can watch the waves of the ocean.
ience. The road to Hana takes you through 50 miles of rainforest, where you climb more than 1,000 feet on roads that are 1 1/2 car-widths wide with two-way traffic. According to the shirt I have there are 617 curves and 53 one-car bridges. Often, you take a turn and are staring straight at another car. Hence, you have to take the whole trip at 10-15 mph. But it's definitely the most "Hawaiian" place in Hawaii. Along the way, you see many waterfalls. You can swim in the pools that most of them make. Probably the coolest are the "Seven Pools", which are basically just 7 tiers down the side of a mountain. Supposedly if you swim in all seven you make it to heaven. We only made it through three, so I guess I'm out of luck. Also on the road is Charles Lindbergh's grave, who is actually buried in the same graveyard as monkeys (it's a long story). He's also buried sitting up so he can watch the waves of the ocean.On the fifth night, we went to a Luau. There were many attractive women in grass skirts (see video). It was beautiful. Additionally, I tried poi and Mahi Mahi. Poi is made from the tarot plant. It tastes like the materialization of air AKA nothing. Mahi Mahi is a large fish that, in my opinion, tastes a bit like string cheese.
On day six, my sisters and I took surfing lessons in Lahaina. We took them from an instructor from Outrageous Surf. His name was Kaye or something, I can't remember. He was a real cool dude, and a good teacher. Anyway, I was talking to him about "Living Lahaina", which was about the surf shop "Royal Hawaiian Surf Academy", which is two blocks away from OS. Apparently, MTV made Outrageous Surf look like the bad guys on the show. However, this is not the case, so if you're ever in Maui take classes from them.
Finally, on day seven, we jet skiied. Tons of fun, especially with Maui as your backdrop. In the afternoon, I finally got to rest and work on my tan. Now I'm getting yelled at that I have to go pack.
The only thing you can listen to on the radio in Hawaii is reggae or Jack Johnson, so even though I've moved on from his music since high school, I'll make the song of the day a Jack Johnson song. It really is necessary to listen to his music to get the whole "Chill Hawaii" experience.
"Sitting, Waiting, Wishing"- Jack Johnson official music video at YouTube
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