Maui 2023

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Viaggiatore Maui 2023
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- 23 dic 2023, 07:18
- ☀️ 22 °C
- Altitudine: 14 m
- Stati Uniti Hawaii Honolulu County Mokumoa Island (historical)Honolulu International Airport 21.33462, -157.92388921°20’5” N 157°55’26” W
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Honolulu to Kahului
23 dicembre 2023, Stati Uniti ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Hawaiian Airlines HA156 | HNL/OGG
Economy Class
Boeing 717-200 | N485HA Palila
ATD/0730 | ATA/0831

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The purpose of this trip was to celebrate our friends Dennis and Susan's 50th wedding anniversary. We looked into making a weekend trip out of this, but the exorbitant price of hotel rooms that long weekend put an end to our plans - even private rooms at the hostels were going for $187 per night! So, we decided to make this a day trip.

We left Honolulu early in the morning and made the short hop over to Maui. On arrival, we were greeted by a lovely rainbow. A few things had changed at Maui Airport since our last trip, which was before the start of the pandemic. In the past, we had to take a shuttle bus to the car rental lots. Now, Maui Airport boasts a spanking new centralized car rental center. To get there, we took a cute new automated tram.Leggi altro
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Viaggiatore Maui 2023
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- 23 dic 2023, 09:13
- 🌬 23 °C
- Altitudine: 17 m
- Stati Uniti Hawaii Maui County Lower Pāʻia Pāʻia Bay 20.915421, -156.38029520°54’56” N 156°22’49” W
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Pāʻia
23 dicembre 2023, Stati Uniti ⋅ 🌬 23 °C
After collecting our rental car, we made a beeline for breakfast at one of our favorite restaurants in Maui - Cafe de Amis in Pāʻia. This restaurant serves a random combination of Mediterranean and Indian cuisine, but somehow they make it work. For breakfast, I had a breakfast burrito with eggs, cheese, avocado and bombay potatoes and it was absolutely delicious, especially when washed down with my mango lassi.

After breakfast, we walked a short distance up the road to explore the Maui Dharma Center, which is a Buddhist meditation center following what seems like a Tibetan-inspired version of Theravada Buddhism. We explored the stupa and turned the prayer wheel inside.

After exiting the Maui Dharma Center, we went for a short walk around Pāʻia.Leggi altro
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Viaggiatore Maui 2023
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- 23 dic 2023, 11:40
- ☀️ 26 °C
- Altitudine: Livello del mare
- Stati Uniti Hawaii Maui County Mā‘alaea Papawai Point 20.775352, -156.53625520°46’31” N 156°32’11” W
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Desperately Seeking Humpbacks
23 dicembre 2023, Stati Uniti ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Our next priority was to visit viewpoints along the coastline to see if we could spot humpback whales. We drove down the highway towards Lāhainā and stopped at two viewpoints to see if we could see any telltale spouts. Unfortunately, the ocean was choppy, and we were still a little early in the whale season, so we didn't spot any.

After our failed attempt at whale spotting, we drove a little further west along the highway into Lāhainā where we saw from a distance the burnt out remains of the historic town. We were heartened to see a fair bit of rebuilding going on.

After Lāhainā, we made our way to Kāʻanapali to visit a rock which Jeff could dive from. Unfortunately, we had a road rage incident while trying to find a parking spot - the other driver threatened us and attempted to ram us - and that made us not want to be there any more, so we took off.Leggi altro
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Viaggiatore Maui 2023
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- 23 dic 2023, 13:08
- ☀️ 26 °C
- Altitudine: 5 m
- Stati Uniti Hawaii Maui County Mā‘alaea Palalau 20.796537, -156.48823520°47’48” N 156°29’18” W
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Keālia Pond
23 dicembre 2023, Stati Uniti ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
About a month earlier, I read reports that the water in Keālia Pond, a coastal salt marsh, suddenly turned pink because halobacteria - which thrive in extreme saline conditions - multiplied in the pond due to drought conditions. I was intrigued and so I made a mental note to check out the pond if I had an opportunity to visit Maui.

After our aborted attempt to visit the beach at Kāʻanapali, we drove east to the pond to observe this phenomenon. After we parked our rental car, we walked along the boardwalk until we reached the pond itself. We saw that the water was indeed pink, but it appeared to have turned a darker shade of pink since the phenomenon was first observed; according to our local friends, the water was apparently the same shade as pepto-bismol at the beginning. When I saw the shape and shade of the pond, my mind immediately associated it with the album cover for Simple Minds' 1979 album Life in a Day. Apart from viewing the oddly hued water, we enjoyed walking along the boardwalk.Leggi altro
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Viaggiatore Maui 2023
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- 23 dic 2023, 15:38
- ⛅ 20 °C
- Altitudine: 1.184 m
- Stati Uniti Hawaii Maui County Kaʻonoʻulu (historical)20.733721, -156.3198720°44’1” N 156°19’12” W
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Kula Aliʻi Lavender Farm
23 dicembre 2023, Stati Uniti ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Our final stop for the day before we headed to the anniversary party was Kula Aliʻi Lavender Farm, located at an elevation of 4,000 feet on the slopes of Haleakalā. We have been to this spot before and we both enjoy the calm and quiet at this beautiful location. As per our past visits, we went round to all the benches and sat on them. This time round, we also stopped by the cafe to enjoy a lavender scone and lavender tea. The latter is offered free of charge to kamaʻāina (Hawaiʻi residents).Leggi altro
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Viaggiatore Maui 2023
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- 23 dic 2023, 21:22
- 🌙 22 °C
- Altitudine: 35 m
- Stati Uniti Hawaii Maui County Lower Village Three (historical)Kahului Airport 20.892862, -156.4360220°53’34” N 156°26’10” W
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Kahului to Honolulu
23 dicembre 2023, Stati Uniti ⋅ 🌙 22 °C
Hawaiian Airlines HA575 | OGG/HNL
Economy Class
Boeing 717-200 | N480HA Pueo
ATD/2130 | ATA/2200

We had a very enjoyable time celebrating Dennis and Susan's 50 years of marriage. We left the party around 8.15pm, made our way to the airport, returned the rental car, and then boarded our flight for the short hop back to Oʻahu.Leggi altro
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Honolulu to Kahului

Pāʻia

Desperately Seeking Humpbacks

Keālia Pond

Kula Aliʻi Lavender Farm

Kahului to Honolulu