Took the long trip to Maui.....this is our 2nd time to Maui last June we stayed in the Kanapali area at the Montage and this year we are staying in the Walia area.....We were actually going to go to Croatia but believe it or not couldn't get flights....Long story short glad we are in Hawaii...
Took the long 10 hr. flight from Newark to Honolulu then the short flight from Honolulu to Maui...pretty overall a uneventful trip except for the snorkel gear mishap!!! We have been flying carry on only for the past few years...and for a reason!!! Paul decided to bring the snorkel gear and I knew it was in to big of a bag for carry on....but no he said it would be ok...well guess what??? We ended up checking the snorkel bag and since we did that one we decided to check the rest....so instead of going right to our inter island flight when we landed in Honolulu we had to go to baggage claim to get our bags before hiking what seemed like 1/2 way across HI to get to our next flight....
Guess what bag never showed up??? all the bags showed up EXCEPT the snorkel gear bag!!!! so by the time we go to file a claim about our lost bag we missed our flight to Maui.....thankfully there are frequent flights so we hopped on the next one...
We arrived at our villa unfortunately it was dark outside so we didn't get to see much....but the villa was beautiful!!!VERY well done and well stocked...Jerry and Dea were already here...Everyone was exhausted so Dea made hot dogs and pizza and Paul and I went out....We went to Migrant had a very good dinner and came back for some much needed sleep.....
I was up at 5am before the sun came up.....it is always hard coming this far west it takes me 3 days or so to get adjusted to the 6 hr. time change...but I was up having coffee when the sun came up and it was spectacular!!!! Once the sun was up I was better able to take in our surroundings...The villa grounds were beautiful...so many flowers a nice lanai and pool....and we were right on the water.
It wasn't a sandy beach very rocky and really to rough to swim in but we soon found out it was the home to a bunch of sea turtles!!!!
And for me it is all about the sunsets....this is our first night sunset!!!
Second Day
We could see a really nice big sandy beach from our villa so we loaded up the gear and the kids and took the 5 min. drive to the beach....it was a nice beach pretty big but had some rocks swam did some snorkeling...got the car full of sand!!! that is the bad part...always having to shlep the kids and gear to a beach....we are so spoiled when we stay at Seven Stars in Turks!!!! That night we ate at Monkeypod...had a really nice dinner but it was super busy and you could tell they were trying to turn tables!!!!
Third Day
Spent most of the day at the villa swimming hanging out....I took Caleb and Lily to the shopping area where we took a pretty long walk along the ocean and checked out some of the resorts down there...then we did some shopping...Dinner that night was at our villa....early to bed as the jet lag is starting to wear off....
Fourth Day
Paul and I had a spa day at the Fairmont Spa....had the AWE experience!!!! very nice 1 1/2 hrs. feeling really good after that!!!! Caleb was golfing so we sat at the bar at the golf coarse had a few drinks and appetizers waiting for him to get done....Kids hung out with Grandma and Grandpa for the day swimming and such at the villa....We all went to Migrant that night for dinner....had another great sunset!!!
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