Maui, United States Travel Blogs

Homeless...at last!!!
Jul 10, 2006 (3 photos)

... flew the eleven hours to Maui to meet up with my side of the family and celebrate my parents 40th wedding anniversary. We've been in Maui now for five days. It couldn't be any nicer! We are all staying in a really swank hotel, The Grand Wailea Resort. It ...

iao valley
Sep 1, 2003 (9 photos)

... where there is a store and cafe. Just beyond that is a little park with scenery from different communities that established themselves on Maui. The Japanese garden, for example, had a koi pond and a replica of a tea house along with a statue of early ...

beach park, pools, blowholes oh my
Aug 19, 2003 (6 photos)

... and we were at the right markers and we saw some pools, but they didn't seem very accessible. According to the "Maui Revealed" book, sometimes the weather can change what the pools look like and making them unrecognizable, so perhaps we just weren't lucky ...

We finally leave the comforts of the condo
Aug 29, 2003 (5 photos)

... of our asses and to go with her to check out the wedding site. Oh yeah, the wedding! That's the reason we came to Maui in the first place. My oldest friend whom I have known since we were in the second grade is getting married on Sunday! Jen and Carol ...

Back and forth and back and forth again
Aug 23, 2003 (7 photos)

Sze & I got up early this morning and packed up camp. We headed to Hanna Bay so that we could have a hot cup of coffee at Tutu's. Then we were off to Kipahulu to set up camp at Oheo where the Seven "Sacred" Pools are. Apparently, they were never sacred, ...

Up the volcano, camp at Hosmer Grove
Aug 24, 2003 (15 photos)

Sze and I woke up early and saw a gorgeous sunrise. Then we packed up and hit the road. The scenery changed a lot on our way to Haleakala. From tropical to desert to mountains. Wow! The temperature dropped 20 degrees or so, and we made good use of ...

Catamaran sunset cruise
Aug 30, 2003 (10 photos)

Yet another lazy day at the condo. Erin and Nadine relaxed for most of the day, either reading out on the lanai or watching the darn telly (that time waster..). I did a little bit of work and started sorting the hundreds of pictures we took during this ...

Haleakala Sunrise
Aug 26, 2003 (9 photos)

... night. We were done with camping and in need of a shower! We found a room for about $70. It turned out to be the Maui Lu in Kihei. We thought it was the nicest hotel ever because it had electricity and running water. Washing my hair never felt so good ( ...

Easing Back Home Through Hawaii
Mar 15, 2006 (4 photos)

... side trips to other parts of the island. Due to the weather and the fact that we were becoming lazy travelers, we certainly didn't do Maui justice, but we did manage to take a nice hike at a pretty park in the hills and do some more body surfing on one of ...

Living Large
Aug 28, 2003 (5 photos)

... to cook for dinner. Then it was off to the car rental place. They were kind enough to drop us off at our new residence at in Maui Hill. When we got into our room we were awe struck. It's a huge one bedroom with two bathrooms and a full kitchen, plus it ...

Sunscreen & bikini are all you need!
Sep 24, 2008 (17 photos)

... So I thought I owed it to myself to check out warmer climes. Having already lived in Florida, a friend suggested I check out Maui. So I booked my frequent flyer ticket, got myself a house off Craigslist overlooking the Pacific on the magical north side of ...

Hana, hana, banana fofana, waianapanapa
Aug 21, 2003 (11 photos)

... Could've missed the town altogether if we blinked. The scenery changed drastically from what we were used to on West Maui. Explosions of green everywhere, temperatures cooled a little bit, and we were met with sudden rainshowers all throughout our drive. ...

airplanes, food and guava juice!
Aug 17, 2003 (3 photos)

... ourselves back in Kahului alot during this trip since it had the only Borders with wireless internet access. More about that later. Maui Seaside Inn was a decent place for the price we paid. Clean rooms, a small little pool, rather motel-like. :) ...

the wedding
Sep 1, 2003 (5 photos)

today was jennifer and chris' wedding day. jen and her posse came by the condo for lunch. i made a seared ahi salad that was delicious :) we asked if there was any last minute thing that she needed. she realized that she didn't have any flowers for her ...

Exploring waterfalls and the road to Hana
Aug 21, 2003 (6 photos)

I was woken up last night by some mallet mashing and this is what we found when we woke up. Apparently, some campers did not obey the "don't pitch your tent so close to another tent that you can hear them snore" rule and pitched up right next to our tent. ...

swimming with the fishes
Sep 2, 2003 (2 photos)

This morning I woke up with really sore calves. When I ran into Erin in the living room she had been stretching for the last half a hour. It was the damn hike in the Iao Valley. Who would have thought that 30 minutes of walking about would take such a ...

Journey to Paradise: Maui
Aug 10, 2008 (128 photos)

... party a magnet with the ships picture, ships name and the date of our cruise as a souvenir. We exchanged some knickknacks from the states where we came from. None of the ships officers came. We met at Diamond Head A. They provided us with snacks. We had a ...

Erin moves in
Aug 28, 2003 (2 photos)

... about the spectacular view. Erin and her friend, Lara, came by in the afternoon. They had been to the Big Island and in Maui for a few days already. Lara was flying back home in the evening and Erin was moving in with us for the remainder of our ...

Last one home is a rotten egg
Sep 3, 2003

Erin and I cleaned up around the condo and dropped off the keys at the front office. We had a balance of about $25 from phone usage. All of this was from AOL dial up. Sze got us a two month free trial membership which we used at the condo. 60 cents per ...

Second day at Kihei
Aug 26, 2003

... restaurant in Kihei called Bada Bing. The food was alright, a little too expensive (seems like the theme of the food in Maui.. expensive and just ok). A rather subdued day, which was really what we needed to wind down a week of whirlwind camping and ...

Hello all! (aloha is getting old isn't it?) ...
Oct 20, 2002 (1 photos)

Hello All! (Aloha is getting old isn't it?) Jayne here...well a quick entry before we depart Hawaii....We are leaving Maui tonite, flying to Honolulu and leaving for Bangkok tomorrow (mon) noon. We will be travelling for about 24 hours and arrive in ...

Going to Town!
Aug 24, 2003 (3 photos)

We got up early to beat the crowds. We decided to hike the Pipiwai Trail up to the infinity pool. We got there and there were a couple of people hanging out there. Once they left it was just us and a magnificent view from the top of the waterfall. We ...

let the camping begin
Aug 19, 2003 (11 photos)

... the water since there were just miles and miles of shoreline to play with. Back at camp, we showered and changed. Consulting our "Maui Revealed!" book (which in my opinion, is the best book ever to use when visiting Maui), we decided to check out the ...

Catch the wave
Dec 30, 2003 (5 photos)

I am sitting in a lazy boy in an internet cafe enjoying the warm humid air and listening to the lax music. I arrived yesterday to be picked up by Liz's friends and whisked off to a birthday party. We played games and ate and I met a bunch of people who ...

Rainbow New Year
Jan 1, 2004 (9 photos)

Hawaii is a place a resisted for a long time because it seemed like the typical honeymoon 80's holiday spot. But what a sweet surprise. I can't believe its been so close my whole life. After the first day, it has been raining the whole time (and how!) ...

Rain Rain Go Away
Jan 3, 2004 (5 photos)

It just won't let up. It has been pouring down in sheets for the whole week I have been here. I have had a chance to spend time with some pretty cool people tho and learned how to play speed scrabble. As we drove through the town today, seemed the hippy ...

The Hawaiian island of Maui- road to Hana
Aug 23, 2008 (10 photos)

... they don't compare with most in New Zealand. In fact, it's amazing what a good reputation NZ has when you are in the States, and Hawaii is no exception- everyone raves about their past trip or their proposed trip. You really have to leave the country (but ...

Postcard Perfect!
Jan 6, 2008 (2 photos)

Sunsets in Maui are AWESOME!

Hana Drive - A road to Heaven
Nov 21, 2007 (12 photos)

We were told to hit the road by 8am if we want to finish the Hana Drive by 4-5pm, so we got up just after the dawn broke. Setting off around 7:30am, we didn't forget to stop at the small town Paia for the boxed lunch to go from "Cafe Mamba", they ...

Maui: The B Sides
Jan 11, 2008 (5 photos)

We thought a nice end to our time in Maui would be a "B Sides" collection, so here it is.  Enjoy.