Hotel Maitai

... From Havelock it's only 70km to Nelson, our stop for the night. We were there before 3pm, and checked in to Trailways Hotel at the side of the Maitai River. It was nice to be able to wander round the town before they closed the place for 5pm! Some of the ...

... felt the sun on our shoulders and saw the sparkle on the sea.  Before sunset we were settled in and on our 2nd MaiTai at the Grill. We would be in Maui during the annual pilgrimage of the Pacific Humpback Whale migration.  They spend the winter ...

... headphones.  Wow.  What a disappointment.  No longer do you get offered a choice of entrees, a free MaiTai, and an orchid for the ladies. The hotel and my room are fine.  It's well-worn but OK for the price, located at the far end of ...

... rush of non stop traffic beeping away cannot be heard through our double glazed full length windows.  Polly has just enjoyed a Maitai from the pool bar, the only tricky decision which remains is where to go out for dinner tonight! Miles cycled: ...

... a blokart.  Last adventure was going on a bikeride with boss Jenny.  We went up and over a hill into the Maitai Valley, following a trail along the river.  I'm still wary of biking on uneven dirt and gravel, especially downhill, but ...

... and getting to watch the fishes.  We had nice vegetarian meals and live music by a versatile local musician and a maitai (Mici) and a lava flow (Marv).  The sunset started vividly and ended shrouded in mystery and clouds but lasted long ...

... end. I walked the grounds of Paradise Cove, made a plaited grass headpiece, a nice Hawaiian man drew a turtle on me, I drank a maitai and a pina colada and a lavaflow, wore a lei around my neck atop my aloha-print dress, yelled out aloha when instructed, ...

... . The sun was just going down as we arrived so we headed for the terrace and Cocktails. Great Singapore sling, Mojito, Maitai, Daiquiri enjoyed here watching the dusk arrive in Udaipur. Over the fence there were frenzied building preparations going on for ...

... coral, it's now looking a little weathered, and as we passed through Avarua once more a rusting boiler from the shipwreck of the SS Maitai could be seen offshore jutting out of the water. It had wrecked in 1916 with no loss of life but with total losses ...

... greeted by a singing Hawaiian man and girls with flower necklaces we found the free bar and tried some local drinks - Maitai and Blue Hawaiian. We were then treated to moutains of food cooked underground and a traditional Lu'au performance with singers ...

... lunch overlooking a pond full of water lily's - very pretty! We all had chicken burgers and a cocktail to treat ourselves.. BULA MAITAI. Then headed to the internet cafe and did a bit of lazy shopping around the shops and generally just chilled and lazed ...