After getting our rental car on Saturday we drove to a beach that was supposed to have dolphins, but unfortunately we didn't see a big group of them. We both think we saw a couple pop their heads out of the water, but we're not sure. Of course we weren't able to capture any pictures! We decided to head to another beach to snorkel. It was great! There were a ton of beautiful colored fish and the water wasn't that cold!
We ate pizza at a local pizza joint and then headed to Lahaina where our hotel was. We walked around Lahaina and did some shopping. After that we decided to go parasailing. It was $70/person, but we got a great kama'aina (local) discount and only paid $40/person. We were ~1200 feet in the air. It was awesome! We had both parasailed before, but never together so it was fun to experience it together! We had a lady in the boat taking pictures for us and she did a good job. We counted 42 pictures! After parasailing we headed to another beach and saw giant sea turtles swimming. It was neat to see! Then we headed to the hotel and checked in. We got ready and went to the Old Lahaina Luau. This was our second luau. It was fun to go to another luau and of course the food was excellent!
Sunday we woke up fairly early and drove to a neighboring town to bike down a volcano. We had to re-book with a different company late Saturday afternoon because of a major screw up by the first company we booked with. Long story, but needless to say, it's not over yet. I will be calling them tomorrow when I can talk to a manager about their HORRIBLE service. Ok, so here's a quick rundown of what happened: Saturday 11am received a call from Mountain Riders saying there was no one else on our tour and that we would have to reschedule for another day or be upgraded to the sunrise tour. We explained that this was our last day in Maui and we had to go on Sunday. She said that she would call us back at 5pm when they would be closing and let us know if anyone else joined our tour. At 4:55 Chris called them and a different person answered the phone and said that no one joined our tour and now the sunrise tour was full. This person would not give us her name and offered to do nothing for us except refund our money. (We booked this tour >1 week prior and paid for it.) She was LESS than helpful and we were very angry! Thankfully we got a tour with another company. It turned out to be a great tour. We rode in a bus to the top of the volcano and then rode (coasted!) down the volcano. It was very cold at the top of the volcano and rainy. We wore rain suits for the bike tour as it rained almost the whole time. Despite the rain we had a great time! After the bike tour we took the famous Road to Hana. This is a road full of tight turns and one-way bridges with many waterfalls along the route. The max speed limit is 15mph and the total mileage is 32 miles. We stopped several times to take pictures! We had a guide book offering many inside tips as well. One tip we decided to follow, led us up a waterfall, through thick mud, only to find that we couldn't see the "better" waterfall. Our legs were full of mud, but it was fun and worth a good laugh. After the tour we went to a couple of beaches....black sand and red sand beaches. We then ate supper and headed back to the airport.
It was a quick 2 days and we were exhausted on Monday. Thank goodness for Labor Day! We spent the day grocery shopping, doing laundry, and taking naps!
Here are some pics of our trip....
Parasailing!
Old Lahaina Luau at sunset
Rainsuits and our cruiser bikes. (It really was a bike tour, not a space mission!)
Road to Hana...with legs full of mud!
This was so fun to read, guys! If we ever visited Hawaii, I would love to have you as tour guides.
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