LIY Ambassador Lisa right here sharing my latest expertise touring to Maui, Hawaii! From the second we broke by means of the clouds and noticed the island upon descending, a way of peace overcame me.  Watching the sundown as the plush inexperienced island grew to become extra vibrant upon touchdown; I knew we had been heading to someplace magical.

We packed every little thing in carry-on baggage, figuring out that we’d have washer and dryer accessible if we would have liked to clean garments (and even higher, come dwelling with a suitcase full of unpolluted laundry!). So, for five days, we had been able to go!

The Maui airport is the cutest, open air hub that you’ll ever expertise! The candy salt within the air and the tropical scent you breathe in whereas strolling to the automotive rental space, it’s superb! (Somebody please bottle that up and create a candle; it’s in contrast to something you’ll expertise in every other tropical local weather!) Maneuvering by means of the airport is a literal breeze and very quickly you’re in line to get your automotive.

NOTE: Ubers are few and much between on the island and generally you’ll anticipate some time, however generally you could get fortunate and have a driver close by. Extremely advocate if you’re exploring off property for a number of days to lease a automotive; having a Jeep is tremendous enjoyable!

After we arrived at our resort, Outrigger Honua Kai Resort & Spa [a little before 9pm local time] we had been greeted with a lot aloha upon checking in. We had been in a position to depart our luggage on the entrance desk and headed to the pool bar and seize a chew to eat and take heed to the ocean. Listening to the waves made us so excited to see the property the following day! 

The workers at Duke’s is AMAZING and we seemed ahead to lunch and cocktails within the days to come back hanging on the pool. 

Waking up the following morning to palm timber and the sight of the ocean from our balcony was one thing that my midwestern husband and I wanted as we had been nonetheless in deep winter at dwelling. Though it was cloudy and funky that day, the palm timber made it bearable. 

We spent the remainder of the day strolling the property, which is a big resort that has a number of buildings oceanside which can be all related with a number of swimming pools and a lazy river that’s nearly a mile lengthy you can float round.  You could possibly lease chairs to go to the seaside and watch whales and turtles, however there have been no lounge kind chairs or umbrellas arrange on the seaside facet. The grounds had been immaculately saved and it was complete paradise!  Later within the day we determined to get within the automotive and head down to a different resort that had a Maui Brewing Restaurant onsite. We had essentially the most great afternoon watching whales from the shore and having fun with a sluggish tempo; really being on island time.

One of many highlights of our journey was taking the Highway to Hana. We knew that this was going to be an journey and a day with a lot of driving. To even begin the journey, we needed to drive over an hour from the opposite facet of the island to get there. Please know that Maui had been experiencing numerous rain and on the day that we had put aside to do that, it was cloudy, wet, and funky. We stopped on the first mile marker that was clearly seen from the street and had been excited to see the waterfalls. Sadly, because of the rain, there have been trails and areas that we had been unable to hike and see the upper waterfalls; as they had been closed because of the situations. Nonetheless, what we had been in a position to see and expertise was breathtakingly lovely and by no means as soon as did we take with no consideration the sweetness we had been in a position to expertise!  As a result of climate situations, we solely made it midway, and selected to show round because the street may be very slender, has a lot of sharp curves, and the rain was making it tougher to journey.

On our method again to the resort, we tried to cease and see if by probability we may get into Mama’s Fish Home and seize a late lunch, however we had been unsuccessful. This restaurant was extremely really useful by so many, and we didn’t suppose we would have liked a reservation for lunch, however we had been unsuitable. So I extremely encourage you to make that reservation and verify this sizzling spot out. It seemed completely beautiful and can simply have to return and take a look at once more someday!

We spent a enjoyable native night at Nalu’s South Shore Grill.  We pulled up and the road was 20 individuals deep ready, and we knew we rolled up on a neighborhood sizzling spot. There was reside ukulele music taking part in from a neighborhood musician and the meals was past scrumptious! All native gadgets to select from and contemporary island salads, it was by far among the finest meals we had whereas there.

One other night we spent in Kihei strolling to and from totally different spots having fun with Completely happy Hour Specials.  A pair locations we loved had been Ohana Seafood Bar & Grill (enjoyable reside music and scrumptious Mai Tai’s!) and Three’s Bar and Grill had scrumptious appetizers to select from.

Maui continues to be therapeutic from the tragic fires this previous fall, so all over the place we went, we did attempt to assist the local people as a lot as we may. We had been delicate to conversations and allowed area for continued restoration and saved an open ear and thoughts to what locals had been snug in sharing or not sharing. 

This journey was crammed with so many great recollections. Whereas everybody enjoys vacationing in a different way, we didn’t wish to pack our days with excursions as we really had been on island time. We would have liked some R&R time and to soak in the fantastic thing about the island. Simply driving across the island is magical. There are such a lot of locations to drag off and simply sit and watch the whales, watch the tide change from increased elevations, and witness a magnificence that’s really indescribable. There’s a lot of the island that we didn’t even get to discover or see, so we can not wait to return and discover over again. 

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Notice: Remember the fact that Maui is fairly informal. Additionally, we purchased sunscreen on the island to make sure it was coral reef protected for the water!

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