My husband and I took a trip to Maui for our anniversary this year, with the idea that it would be a good break from work, and would be nice and relaxing for us. This was a vast understatement, as Maui turned out to be (first time visitor here) a freakish wonderland with the power to relax me on such a deep level, that I actually became frightened.
The waters were clear blue and aqua, warm and welcoming! I'm not a good swimmer, so I didn't snorkel like my husband Michael did. He bragged of seeing under the water; saw sea-turtles and a vast assortment of brightly colored fish! While I relaxed on the shore, and tried not to get too sun-burnt.
After a while, it was like - what do you do in paradise? Relax, and relax some more. Because you're going to eventually go back home and do the opposite of relaxing. 'Live it up' as the locals say. They didn't really say that though.
If you like Pina Coladas, getting caught in the rain.. there were people actually singing this song!
What?! I exclaimed! Just relax, Michael said.
One day we took a harrowing drive up to the northwest tip of Maui, to Paia. It turns out with this particular route we took you have drive for miles on a winding, single lane road, and it's along a steep and frightening cliff's edge. THIS IS NOT RELAXING, I found myself saying. Towards the end of this scary little journey, there was a church with a wonderful sea view.
Stop being so intensely awe inspiring Maui! The ocean looked vast and eternal, it was starting to become a little bit ridiculous. So this is why people come to Hawaii, I get it now.
We brought back a lot of shells collected from the beach, and a few Michael got from the bottom of the ocean while snorkeling (not sure if he was allowed to do that, don't tell).
The first rainbow I saw, I was like - oh my God it's a rainbow! Lookie, lookie, it's a rainbow! Then I saw another one, and I think a third too. So, these people were used to rainbows, dolphins, and other amazing things. Showoffs.
We visited a few good restaurants, but our favorite was Merrimans, which specialized in locally harvested ingredients. For instance, vegetarian Michael enjoyed a taro root 'mignon', with taro harvested in the northern area along the cliff's edge we had ventured to earlier.
Aloha Maui, and mahalo! Until next year?
One day we took a harrowing drive up to the northwest tip of Maui, to Paia. It turns out with this particular route we took you have drive for miles on a winding, single lane road, and it's along a steep and frightening cliff's edge. THIS IS NOT RELAXING, I found myself saying. Towards the end of this scary little journey, there was a church with a wonderful sea view.
Stop being so intensely awe inspiring Maui! The ocean looked vast and eternal, it was starting to become a little bit ridiculous. So this is why people come to Hawaii, I get it now.
We brought back a lot of shells collected from the beach, and a few Michael got from the bottom of the ocean while snorkeling (not sure if he was allowed to do that, don't tell).
The first rainbow I saw, I was like - oh my God it's a rainbow! Lookie, lookie, it's a rainbow! Then I saw another one, and I think a third too. So, these people were used to rainbows, dolphins, and other amazing things. Showoffs.
We visited a few good restaurants, but our favorite was Merrimans, which specialized in locally harvested ingredients. For instance, vegetarian Michael enjoyed a taro root 'mignon', with taro harvested in the northern area along the cliff's edge we had ventured to earlier.
Aloha Maui, and mahalo! Until next year?
