Below is Kaho’olawe, between Big Island and Maui, small, dry island that can only be used for Hawaiian cultural purposes.

Crossing into Maui. Following the coast line is the road we would follow later to get to west Maui

More scenes from Maui as we approach the airport

Dunes golf course where we will have lunch shortly

The bigger picture:

Ahi tuna nachos

Calamari

In addition Mike and the kids had sandwiches/burgers and I had Panko crusted ono with lilikoi butter

View of the 18th hole

Our Maui Sands condo

Off to Kapalua Beach

Kapalua Beach is on the Kapalua Coastal Trail

Kapalua Beach

Great snorkeling along the rocky sides of the bay

Turtles right where we were sitting

Wedding area

On the Kapalua Coastal Trail

Oneloa Bay, nice for body surfing

Chickens everywhere, even in restaurants!

Eating lunch at The Burger Shack on the Kapalua Coastal Trail. They are famous for their milk shakes

And their cocktails. Another Mai Tai for me

It’s great dining with foodies: everyone wants to sample everything and are happy to share! Ahi (tuna) Poke

Fish tacos

Chicken Lumpia

Calamari

DT Fleming beach

Returning on the Kapalua Coastal Trail

Back to Kapalua Bay

Trail to Honalua Bay

Honalua Bay, fantastic snorkeling on a coral reef about 200 yards out

Ohai Trail on the north western corner of western Maui. Beautiful, unusual trail, very windy which helps with the heat.

Dinner at Hula Grill in Whalers Villiage

Mauna Kea on the Big Island:

To the left is Mauna Kea, 80 miles away, and to the right is Mauna Loa, 100 miles away, both on Big Island:

More of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa:

Driving down from the summit

View from the Visitor Center:

View from the lookout on the Pa Ka’oau trail:

Haleakala Silversword

It feels like we are on another planet!

Summit viewing area where we watched sunrise earlier

View of the Sliding Sands Trail into the crater

Maui, coast to coast.

Breakfast at Kula Bistro in Upcountry: Blueberry pancakes, loco moco, eggs and fried rice, and steak and mushroom frittata.

Lahaina Bypass into Lahaina

Towards Kaanapali

Our view from our Maui Sands condo

Steps to the beach right next to us

Downtown Lahaina

First glimpse of the famous Banyan tree

First we saw a church with a sign that Jesus Is Coming, then a couple of streets over, we saw this! Related??

Dinner at Mala Oceanside Tavern

And on a day we watched the sun rise, we also watched it set

Sunset at 7:05pm

Fillet Mignon

Some fish we can’t remember the name of

Mahi-mahi

Kaanapali Beach

Black Rock

Back home, pizza from Pizza Paradiso, snorkeling right in front on the 3 reefs.

Mike playing with his new drone

Sunset right in between Lanai and Molokai

Wonderful to experience sunset from our patio at night.

Maui is famous for food trucks and have several food truck parks. Here we are having lunch at a food truck park with the highly recommended Thai Me Upp. Best food so far this week!

Thai Me Upp menu

The road to Iao Valley

Iao Valley State Park, incredibly lush and beautiful

Coastal road is so beautiful with the tree canopies.

Mid afternoon snack: shave ice from Ululani’s. Dinner: take out from The Fish Market, ceviche, fish and pork tacos and fried shrimp.

Another beautiful sunset

The Road to Hana (52 miles) took 2.5 hours plus an hour to get to the starting point. We headed straight for the end point, which for us was the Haleakala National Park about 30 miles on the other side of Hana. It is very windy, narrow, and passes over 59 very old bridges, of which 46 are only one lane wide. There are around 620 curves along the road. And then you have to turn around and drive back

Enormous tree on the other side of Hana

Wailua Falls. This was our one stop before HNP

We entered the Haleakala National Park for the second time this week to walk the Pipiwai Trail and to see Oheo Gulch, aka the seven sacred pools. First stop on the Pipiwai Trail is Makahiku Falls

Then this tree

It grows roots to support its branches

Another waterfall on the trail

And then one of the main attractions of the trail: the bamboo forest

Entering the bamboo forest

When the wind blows the forrest sounds like wind chimes

The other main attraction: Waimoko Falls. It’s like entering a horse shoe shaped gully with small waterfalls all around you, but this one is the biggest

Then onto the Oheo Gulch Trail

Hala tree

Oheo Gulch pools

And it finally ends in the ocean

Coast line on the way back to Hana

Quick lunch at a food truck area in Hana: poke bowls and grilled pineapple

Wai’anapanapa State Park

With a black sand beach

And lava tunnels!

Continuing our drive back from Hana

Entering the Ke’anae Peninsula

And Mike playing with his drone

Another sunrise followed by a perfect sunset

Enjoying a few Lahaina Rum cocktails

The little dot in the top middle is Venus

Maui Sands Condo grounds. I chose this accommodation because it was ocean front, ground level, with great snorkeling right in front of us, very small resort in terms of number of units per square whatever (22 years and still not used to the archaic measuring system) and had AC in

Last time we passed this, Mike said: Look, a rock waiting for a bus!

Nakalele blowhole. Bought some banana bread, choc chip shortbread and macadamia nut shortbread from Mama Lei’s stand

View of Honalua Bay where we snorkeled on Saturday. Couldn’t fly the drone because of proximity to Kapalua Airport

Banana bread stalls are everywhere. Here we taste test one from Mama Lei’s and one from Farmers Market, with Lilikoi cream cheese from Farmers Market

Another beautiful sunset

Drone video of the sunset

Venus

Poke for dinner. Without a doubt, Foodland Deli has some of the best poke we have ever had, and a huge variety. This is ahi furikake and ahi with wasabi.

Rice, Japanese greens mix and ahi poke

Western Maui

Western Maui, with Kaanapali Beach, Black Rock, Kahekili Beach and you can even see Maui Sands

Eastern Molokai

Northern Molokai

Eastern Kauai

Eastern Kauai

Entrance to our condo at Puu Poa, Princeville for the next nine days

This time I remembered to take pics before we moved in. Front door.

‘Den’ overlooking the ocean

Family room to patio, or lanai, as they call it here

Master bathroom

Master bedroom

Second bedroom

Lanai on ground level

View of Bali Hai from our lanai

Apparently Hideaways beach below us has excellent snorkeling

And then we moved in…

Walking to Hanalei Bay Resort for happy hour

Mai Tai

Great view from Happy Talk Restaurant

Painkiller

More beautiful sunsets from our lanai

Two Nene geese came to visit. They are super tame and come on to the lanai and right to the door. My guess is someone has been feeding them. Very cute!

Venus over Bali Hai

The beautiful mountains surrounding Hanalei

And driving through the beautiful town of Hanalei

Maniniholo cave

Ha’ena Beach

Ha’ena Beach with Tunnels Beach in the distance

Bali Hai and Ha’ena Beach from Tunnels

Snorkeling Tunnels Beach

Going back to Princeville

The 2 resident Nene geese came for a visit a couple of times today, and one left a little parting gift on the lanai 💩😄

Another beautiful sunset

Interesting skies from this vantage point