Sugar Cane fields

December 6, 2008
Saturday
We flew to Hawaii today leaving at 7 a.m. we arrived at Honolulu International Airport about 3 p.m. We then took Hawaiian Airlines to Maui. It is only about a half hour flight. We got our rental car and drove over to K-Mart in Maui to pick up suntan lotion and other things. We checked into the “ Kaanapali Beach Resort.” We then drove over to the Lahaina Cannery Mall and ate dinner in the food court. It was actually pretty good. Went back to the hotel.

December 7, 2008
Sunday
Woke up around 7 a.m. and we drove over to Whalers Village and ate breakfast at Nikki’s. We went to the Maui dive shop and got the kids T-shirts for Christmas and did some more shopping at ABC store. We walked down by the beach at Whalers Village. It was very pretty. It was a warm beautiful day. Walked over to the Marriott where we will be tomorrow night.

Our rental car

We went down Front Street and over to Snorkel Bob’s to get our snorkel gear. Went back over towards the hotel and went snorkeling. The first thing we saw as soon as we got into the water was a sea turtle right in front of us. Michael said we didn’t need to take the underwater camera today since we would see enough tomorrow when we went to Molokini to snorkel. Oh well, it was cool to see. That was the best snorkeling we’ve seen so far there was a ton of fish and the turtle!
Went back to the hotel pool and went swimming and hung out for awhile. Ate dinner at the restaurant next to the pool.

Snorkel Bob's

December 8, 2008
We were so tired last night from snorkeling, swimming and walking around. We actually went to bed about 9 p.m.  That worked out great because we had to get up around 5:30 a.m. to catch the Molokini Charter on a Catamaran. The weather was beautiful. It's about an hour boat ride out to see Molokini. It's the top of a crater in the middle of the ocean. We saw it from the air when we flew in.
We saw hump back whales on the way over! That was pretty cool. We snorkeled in the crater for about two hours and they had a bar-b-que lunch on the boat. We took pictures underwater. It was a lot of fun.
We came back and checked into the Marriott Resort. It is really beautiful and we have a pool and ocean view. We went for a drive then came back showered and went to eat at "Longboards" at the hotel. We walked down the shore line where all the hotels are. It was very pretty and relaxing to listen to the ocean sounds. Tomorrow we are sleeping in and hanging around the resort and pool!
 

 

Molokini crater

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