December in Maui

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Maui is truly a tropical paradise! There is so much to do and see, yet you are in a very calm and relaxing environment and atmosphere. The Islanders cater to your every need and want. Everyone is cheerful and helpful. This is definitely the place to go to unwind, rest, relax, rejuvenate, recharge, and get back in touch with the inner-you as well as nature. It can also be very educational. Imagine starting your day sitting on the lanai (patio), sipping your coffee and gazing at the ocean. Imagine ending your day sitting on the beach and watching the sunset. Truly spectacular!Quick Tips: Everyone should go to Maui at least once in their lifetime. Maui is the tropical paradise that we h...Read More

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ResortQuest Kaanapali Shores

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Best Things Nearby:This resort is a beachfront resort on Kaanapali Beach in Lahaina, HI. A block down the street is a Farmers Market where you can buy fresh fruits, vegetables, Hawaiian syrups, jellies, breads and of course, pineapples. There is also a grocery store practically across the street.Best Things About the Resort:Oceanfront on Kaanapali Beach. This is a nice sandy swimming beach. The people working at the Resort are cheerful, friendly and helpful. They go out of their way to make sure your trip is fantastic!Resort Experience:We had a one-bedroom, one-bath condo with full kitchen. Our condo was a "garden view" condo and looked out over tropical...Read More

Member Rating 5 out of 5 on June 3, 2006

ResortQuest Kaanapali Shores
Kaanapali Beach
Maui, Hawaii
(403) 444-4136

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Moose McGillycuddy's

Restaurant | "Moose McGuillycuddy's"

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This restaurant offers a variety of foods. Since I live in San Antonio, Texas I was beginning to miss my good ole Mexican food. We had a couple and had a Mexican meal for two that ended up costing a total of about $15 with iced tea for drinks. The food was delicious. In fact, I liked their version of fajitas better than any restaurant in San Antonio. A laid back bar/pub/grill.

Member Rating 5 out of 5 on June 3, 2006

Moose McGillycuddy's
844 Front St (Second Floor)
Lahaina, Hawaii 96761
(808) 667-7758

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Aloha Mixed Plate

Restaurant | "Aloha Plate"

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I told my mother that we had to have a plate lunch while in Maui, so one day after driving around and exploring other beaches, we went to Aloha Plate for lunch. We sat outside on the patio overlooking the ocean and ordered our "plate lunches". I had grilled mahi mahi with rice and macaroni salad. My mother had teriyaki beef with two scoops of macaroni salad. She loved the macaroni salad in Maui! Definitely a must do!

Member Rating 5 out of 5 on June 3, 2006

Aloha Mixed Plate
1285 Front St
Maui, Hawaii 96761
(808) 661-3322

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ResourtQuest Kaanapali Shores Restaurant

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We stayed at this resort and they gave us $100 food and beverage credit at the restaurant. We took advantage of it and used it all. We ate three meals there. One day we had breakfast and two other days we had dinner. I usually ate mahi mahi or salmon. My mother had the Prime Rib both times. A breakfast must-have is pancakes with bananas and macadamia nuts along with Portuguese sausage. We loved the sausage and I've been trying to find a place online I can order it from. Did you know one of the side orders for breakfast was rice? Yup, they eat rice with all of their meals. Instead of being asked if you wanted hash browns or grits you were asked if you wanted potatoes or rice. My mother could not fath...Read More

Member Rating 5 out of 5 on June 3, 2006

ResourtQuest Kaanapali Shores Restaurant
3445 Honoapiilani Road
Maui, Hawaii 96791
(888) 782-9722

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Ka'anapali Beach

Attraction | "Kaanapali Beach"

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Kaanapali Beach is a nice sandy swimming beach. When looking for a place to stay I knew that I wanted to stay at a location on the beach and of course the island is surrounded by water. But not all beaches are swimming beaches. Some areas are rocky with a lot of lava and coral, making it difficult to walk on or swim in. I spent 2 evenings just sitting on the beach and watching the sunset—it was magnificent! I took about a roll of film just on the sunset. You could see two islands in the distance. Truly spectacular sight!

We did visit other beaches but this is the only beach that we truly went swimming in or lazed around on.

Member Rating 5 out of 5 on June 3, 2006

Ka'anapali Beach
Ka'anapali, Western Shore Of Maui
Maui, Hawaii 96761
(808) 667-5900

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Haleakalā National Park

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Attraction | "Mount Halekala"

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This is a dormant volcano. Many people drive up to the top of the volcano in the wee hours of the morning so they can ride bikes down while the sun is rising. My mother and I knew that would be too strenuous for us but we got up one morning at 2:30am and I drove up to the top of Mount Halekala and we sat and watched the sunrise. It was fantastic! We were actually above the clouds. My mother thought she was seeing the sunrise over the mountains but she was not—she was seeing the sun rise over the clouds that were below us! This is an experience that cannot be understood fully or appreciated fully until experienced. Unfortunately, the batteries were going out in my camera so I got very few pictures of t...Read More

Member Rating 5 out of 5 on June 3, 2006

Haleakalā National Park
Po Box 369
Makawao, Hawaii 96768
(808) 572-4400

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Road to Hana

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Attraction | "Road to Hana Tour"

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This is a MUST DO! In fact, when my Mother and I were talking about going to Hawaii I told her that I wanted to go to Maui and the reason I chose Maui is because of the Road to Hana. This road is 52 miles long and zigzags all the way. You cross over 52 bridges and see many waterfalls. We chose to do a "tour" and went in a small passenger touring van that had huge windows all around it for viewing. The reason I chose to do the "tour" is because the drive is NOT for the faint at heart. The road is very narrow and in some parts, you have to pull over to the edge of a cliff so oncoming traffic can pass. Also, you may experience something along the lines of "sea sickness" because of the constant curves. If...Read More

This is a MUST DO! In fact, when my Mother and I were talking about going to Hawaii I told her that I wanted to go to Maui and the reason I chose Maui is because of the Road to Hana. This road is 52 miles long and zigzags all the way. You cross over 52 bridges and see many waterfalls. We chose to do a "tour" and went in a small passenger touring van that had huge windows all around it for viewing. The reason I chose to do the "tour" is because the drive is NOT for the faint at heart. The road is very narrow and in some parts, you have to pull over to the edge of a cliff so oncoming traffic can pass. Also, you may experience something along the lines of "sea sickness" because of the constant curves. If you start to feel queasy turn up the A/C or ask your tour operator to turn up the A/C. Our tour operator told us that having the A/C very cold cuts down on the queasiness, and he was right!

Our tour started out by being picked up at 5:30am at our resort. He then drove us somewhere for breakfast where he picked up a "catered lunch". We then set out for Hana. It was wonderful! We stopped at a national reserve, we visited what used to be called the 7 sacred pools, a black sand beach, and stopped at a little house owned by "Ginger" where we ate our catered lunch. Our lunch consisted of Hawaiian Barbecue chicken, kalau pork, a green salad, macaroni salad, rolls, and drink of your choice. It was very good! Ginger presented all of the ladies with a red ginger flower. The flower does not smell until you squeeze it and what a heavenly scent it is!

After we left Ginger's house we headed into the "desert" land of Maui. It is very rough roads that you are forbidden to drive rental cars on; so don't even try. I am 95% sure that you would break the axle on the car. We went to the Vineyard on Maui and sampled wine. I even bought a couple of bottles to bring home with me. Of course, they all have a slight pineapple taste! We were returned to our resort at about 6:00pm. A truly wonderful day on the beautiful island of Maui!

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Member Rating 5 out of 5 on June 3, 2006

Road to Hana
Hana Highway
Maui, Hawaii

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Old Lahaina Courthouse

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Old Lahaina Courthouse is very nice. It houses a gift shop and art museum now. The evening we arrived was the lighting of the Banyan Tree for the Christmas holidays. The Banyon Tree is in the backyard of the Old Lahaina Courthouse, it is over 100 years old, and covers acres of land—one tree! Another day we went there because they were having an arts and crafts festival. We listened to a Hawaiian music group that had a stage set up behind the Courthouse while we shopped the arts and crafts fair for gifts to take home to family and friends.

Member Rating 4 out of 5 on June 3, 2006

Old Lahaina Courthouse
648 Wharf Street
Maui, Hawaii 96761
(808) 667-9193

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Ulalena

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Attraction | "Ulelena"

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My Mother and I went to see Ulelena. This is a theatrical production and a MUST SEE! It was beautiful. I believe that the choreography was done by the same people who did Cirque Soleil. When I read about it I wondered how it would be because there is no talking during the show; the actors do not talk. But, it is not needed. They told the story of the beginning of Maui through actions and music, and it was FANTASTIC! My mother was concerned at first because a family with very young children sat down behind us and she thought that the children would be restless, loud, and create a distraction. Not so. The children were completely mesmerized within a couple of minutes of the beginning of the show. Nev...Read More

Member Rating 5 out of 5 on June 3, 2006

Ulalena
878 Front Street
Lahaina, Hawaii 96761
+1 808 661 9913; +1

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Hilo Hattie Lahaina

Attraction | "Hilo Hattie's"

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This is one of the best places to shop in Maui. Of course there are specialty shops all along Front Street and in the square around the Old Lahaina Courthouse but invariably we also ended up at Hilo Hattie's. We bought boxes and boxes of macadamia nut chocolates, kona coffee, T-shirts, lotions, perfumes, and more. Look for coupons for Hilo Hattie's, they are around everywhere. You can even order stuff from this shop online!

Member Rating 5 out of 5 on June 3, 2006

Hilo Hattie Lahaina
900 Front Street
Lahaina, Hawaii 96761
(808) 667 7911

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ABC Stores

Attraction | "ABC Stores of Hawaii"

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This is a great store to go buy snacks, T-shirts, chocolates, lotions, coffee, etc. We found the T-shirts to be more of a bargain at this store than at Hilo Hattie's. I stocked up on souvenir Maui coffee cups, ashtrays, key rings, syrups, jellies, chocolates, lotions, etc. Try the Maui chips, loved them! We laughed because we went shopping every day and ended up in an ABC Store or Hilo Hattie's on a daily basis. What fun, and I don't even like to shop. ABC Stores of Hawaii is also online for ordering. And for those who visit Las Vegas, there is an ABC Store of Hawaii on Freemont street. I went to Vegas 3 months after I returned home from Maui and had run out of kona coffee—what a treat to see that the...Read More

Member Rating 5 out of 5 on June 3, 2006

ABC Stores

Maui, Hawaii

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Raddisson Luau

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We attended the Luau at the Radisson Hotel. It was pretty darn good! We watched them unearth the pig and ate a fantastic buffet of Hawaiian foods—I even tried poi. I felt like it was a MUST since I was in Hawaii. I did not care for it but am glad that I tried it. The show was great and they even got some of the guests involved, and up on stage. Actually, anyone could go up on stage, you did not have to wait to be singled out or hope that they picked you. If you wanted to learn how to hula you went up on stage. We encouraged a young man that was sharing our table to get up on stage. It was a riot! He was actually pretty good! Of course the drinks were free and plentiful!

Member Rating 5 out of 5 on June 3, 2006

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Maui on my Mind

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Even though I only spent a week on Maui, I get what I call "homesick" pangs at least once a week. I loved Maui and will always carry it in my heart. I wear at least one of my Maui shirts each week and drink my kona coffee at least 3 days a week. I have my plumeria jewelry, bubble bath, lotion, and perfume as well as Pukeka soap and perfume that I wear/use weekly when I get my homesick pangs. My computer screen at work is a picture that I took when I was in Maui. I've got Maui on my mind on a weekly basis! You truly must go at least once in your lifetime. It is an experience that you will cherish, enjoy, and look back on with a longing that you were back there again. My mother and I went somewhere and ...Read More

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