Hawaii Trip 2014 - Maui Day 3 & 4

August 31, 2014 (Sunday)

Banyan Tree in Old Lahaina

Rise and shine, up and at them bright and early yet again.  Per research, the best time to get photos of the Banyan tree in Old Lahaina was early to help insure that the tree would be people free. Also, parking would be easier to find. We walked around and watched the surfers. We also did our shopping - since we had a list of requested things – mostly Hawaiian shirts. J We spent the rest of the day hanging out by the resort.

We had Maui Pizza for lunch – it was yummy! For dinner we checked out Duke’s Beach House, which was good. We had the “Hula Pie” for desert – it was huge! Hula Pie, at least their version, was Oreo crust, macadamia ice cream, hot chocolate and whipped cream. 

Along the Road to Hana

September 1, 2014 (Monday)

We were on the road by around 5 A.M. to head to the infamous “Road to Hana”. Prior to leaving for our trip to Hawaii, I used the “Maui Revealed” and “Big Island Revealed” books as reference on what to see, do and eat. The “Road to Hana” portion was very useful – notifying us of places that we probably would not have seen had we just been driving down the road. There were some places that we just were not able to find, but in general was a good reference.

Along the Road to Hana

Along the drive, we stopped at many waterfalls and were also rewarded with many great coastal views. The flowers were amazing.

Along the Road to Hana

Once reaching Hana, we continued ten miles further to the Haleakala National Park. We hiked two trails at the National Park, both were quite nice and had fulfilling waterfall views (Pools of Oheo and Waimoku Falls).

Luckily, we had stopped by the places mentioned in “Maui Revealed” on the drive to Hana and not on the way back. The return trip was much more harrowing due to increase traffic volume. The “Road to Hana” (HI-360) features 620 curves, 54 one-lane bridges, and covers over 52 miles.

At were a bunch of food stands at one place along the route. We went to the Mexican place and it was good. We also got some coconut pineapple bread from the café.

Sunset

For dinner we went to Ka’anapali Beach Club. There was live entertainment, which was really good, apparently, the guy use to do back up for Michael Jackson. We also got to enjoy a lovely sunset.