I'm back from my vacation and I'm finally getting back into the normal groove of things. My sleep patterns are a bit messed up, but being back just reminds me of how nasty NYC weather is. We're actually having a pretty warm winter here so far, but coming from a place that had high 80 temps, it makes me shiver. The vacation was great, especially the scenery and the just too perfect weather but the one thing that really stood about about Maui was the warm hospitality. I've never met rude people on the island, nothing but smiles and a warm conversation. Even the tourists and vacationers picked up on the aloha spirit and were polite. I guess it's since everyone's on vacation or because of something in the air.
Here are a few pictures that I took.
This happens to be one of the views from the condo we were staying at. We didn't get ocean view but there was a beach right outside the property that we tried to use everyday.
Driving around the South of Maui had us seeing a lot of brown patches. My dad was like "I thought it was supposed to be green all around. What 's going to happen when it becomes winter?" Lol. Find anything funny in that statement? Let me know if you get it.
This was part of the hiking route next to the beach near the condo.
Forgot to turn this picture, but this is a shot of the Banyan Tree in Lahaina. It was got huge and incredibly interesting to look at. Ended up buying some delicious smelling salt rocks. I'm going to put some of it in my closet, so that my clothes could smell nice. We started to wander around the historic trail and see at all of the local shops. My sister ended up buying shaved ice and began eating that everyday for dessert.
When I say that the surrounding ares are gorgeous, I truly mean that here. This here is an unphotoshopped picture of the sunset.. Can you see that bits of orange and pink in the sky? We used to just sit on the beach and watch the sunset before heading out to dinner.
The sunrise at Haleakala Mountain is also pretty but getting there was a pain in the ass. Woke up two hours before sunrise and couldn't see a darn thing when driving up the mountain. Luckily we ended up getting a great warm spot looking out the window of the gift shop. It was too darn cold to be outside, looking at the the sunrise.
Afterwards, we stopped by the Komoda Bakery for some goods. Had the delicious glazed doughnuts. Honestly, I didn't like the cream puff because I prefer a whipped cream filling but everyone else really enjoyed the custard in this one better.
Then we went to go see the black sand beach. Noting much to do there because the water was too choppy for swimming. I wore my bathing suit underneath and was really looking forward to the swim. But nope, no swimming.
During the trip home from the Black and beach, we stopped at a tiny shack that had a huge farm in the back. We were able to look around and see how they grew their own produce and buy some of what they sold. My dad finally got this coconut drink while we picked up a bunch of other fruit as well as this still in the shell Macadamia nut. It was so nutty good. My mother managed to charm some random stranger and ended up getting free bananas. My sister and I was like, dad why were you sitting in the car when mom's chatting up a random stranger? My dad told that what's the worst thing that could happen? I guess it doesn't matter after 30 years of marriage. The stranger ended up giving him a empty coconut but the bananas that he gave my mother were good.
There were lots more pictures, but I'm unwilling to share. It has a lot of my ugliness in it. I gained about 10lbs. Been working out extra hard. If there was one thing that I didn't like about Maui, is the roads. I understand that you want to preserve the beauty of nature, but the Road to Hana was so dangerous and curvy. I was so scared during the ride. We thought that we avoid the curves by going back and taking the other road, but that road was dangerous, unpaved and took longer. Argh so much motion sickness. But saw so much cattle.
Btw, can you guess how much makeup I used? After bringing a bulging bag with our makeup and palettes, I ended up putting nothing. Not a damn slick of gloss. Got really laid back and lazy. Who was I going to look pretty for?
P.S.
HAPPY 30TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY!
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