This past weekend we headed to Maui for the long weekend. I didn't bring my laptop so I have to try to remember everything now. We flew in on Saturday and rented a car and were slated to do a whale watch at 11 am. Somehow we drove past Lahaina and ended up on this really beautiful road pretty much in the middle of nowhere. Needless to say we missed the boat, however, this proved to be a good thing. We were able to get on a later boat and there were tons of whales. Whales migrate from Alaska in the winter and stay in the warm waters of Maui. The tour started out pretty weak- the whales were far away and the boats aren't allowed to go to close to the whales. But then the whales started to come very close the boat...see below pictures and video. The (extremely annoying) guide (who pretty much didn't stop talking into her portable microphone) said that this was one of the best whale watches in a while. I was really tempted to tell her that Kuniko ate whale growing up (it's served as a school lunch in Japan) and then to ask her if she had ever eaten whale....but I opted to keep my mouth shut as I wouldn't want her to freak out and throw Kuniko overboard for having consumed her favorite animal.
After the whale watch we headed to John Paul's gourmet store in upcountry which was close to our where we stayed. I bought us cheese, bread, dried salami, and chocolate for our hike the next day. If you have never been to Maui- everything is freaking expensive. It cost in the neighborhood of 40 bucks. Frankly we didn't completely mind because they had really great stuff that we can't get on Oahu. I could write a huge rant on the lack of quality fresh food in Oahu, but I won't. OK so then we headed to our "cottage" in Kula. Kuniko found this place after finding out that pretty much everything in Kula was booked. This place was fantastic and I would definately recomend it. It's called Keli's:
http://kelismaui.com/
It is located in the mountains very close to Haleakala and is located on beautiful grounds with an absolutely stunning view.
For dinner we headed to Hali'imaile General Store which is a pretty well known pricey restaurant. The food was good. The dessert was amazing. It was a "rustic" apple tart that was made with a cornmeal crust- absolutely amazing.
After the whale watch we headed to John Paul's gourmet store in upcountry which was close to our where we stayed. I bought us cheese, bread, dried salami, and chocolate for our hike the next day. If you have never been to Maui- everything is freaking expensive. It cost in the neighborhood of 40 bucks. Frankly we didn't completely mind because they had really great stuff that we can't get on Oahu. I could write a huge rant on the lack of quality fresh food in Oahu, but I won't. OK so then we headed to our "cottage" in Kula. Kuniko found this place after finding out that pretty much everything in Kula was booked. This place was fantastic and I would definately recomend it. It's called Keli's:
It is located in the mountains very close to Haleakala and is located on beautiful grounds with an absolutely stunning view. 
1 comment:
As I said before,
whale or no whale, lunch food is nasty.
K
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