| We started off the morning with some snorkeling
at the beach in front of our hotel. Woohoo, the water is COLD! This
ain't St. John. We did see some cool fish and Valerie spotted an
octopus hiding in some coral. |
| For lunch, we had authentic Hawaiian food at the
buffet at
Cary and Eddie's Hideaway. We sampled Chicken Lau Lau,
Beef Luau, Teriyaki Chicken, Kalua Pig & Cabbage, Chicken Long Rice,
Bean-less Chili, Lomi Lomi Salmon. We did skip the poi (which was
labeled "butter") |
| After lunch we drove around and looked for manju.
On our quest we drove past the Maui Red Cross chapter which appears
to double as a karaoke bar. |
| See our Maui Restaurant recommendations and
Manju Quest. |
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Valerie in the foreground and the Kai Kanani in the background. |
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The water is a crisp 74 degrees! That's chilly, even for Hawaii. We only managed to stay in for an hour. Valerie was covered in goosebumps and Ron was running short of breath. |
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Slate Pencil Sea Urchins |
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A pretty mollusk. |
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Can you see the octopus? |
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Moorish Idol (no relation to American Idol) |
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Hawaii's unoffical state fish - the Picasso Triggerfish, AKA Humuhumunukunukuapuaa. Humuhumu translates to "to stitch together" and the rest translates to "nose like a pig." |
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Urchins. |
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Urchin and starfish |
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Giant Porcupinefish hiding under a ledge |
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The hotel beach. Molikini Crater in the distance. |
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Pu'u Ola'i, or Earthquake Hill, from our hotel terrace. Legend has it that it erupted in 1790 but scientists think it was more like 1490. |
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The ocean from our hotel terrace. |
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We had authentic Hawaiian buffet at Cary and Eddie's Hideaway. Didn't try the poi but had some other interesting food. |
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First Aid, CPR, Disaster Relief, and Karaoke. We passed the Maui chapter on the way to finding some manju. |
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Rainbow coming down the hill from Makawao. |
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The band-aid. Ron + rum + pineapple + leatherman knife = owie. |
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