Maui

We ordered delivery from China Bowl Restaurant. Ian had a shrimp dish, and Wendy had tofu with mixed vegetables.   The veggies were done perfectly – not overdone.  The temperature was good.  Both meals were quite good, and delivery to the Sheraton took about 45 minutes. The bill

For Christmas dinner, we had a hard time finding a restaurant. A lot of restaurants were closed, others (like the Sheraton) were buffet only, which rarely works well for vegetarians. We ended up at Pioneer Inn, overlooking the harbour in Lahaina. The atmosphere was rather festive and

Just a short walk down the boardwalk from the Sheraton is Hulu Grill, part of the Whalers Village Shopping Center. The restaurant has a “on the sand” section (called the Barefoot Bar) , with simpler snacks and plates, and a fancier indoors section, which is where we ate. I

We ate at Aloha Mixed Plate restaurant which was highly recommended by our guidebook, but we were not that impressed. The restaurant has two sections – one section closer to the water, with better views (including a nice sunset view), does not serve alchohol. The other section,

We ate a couple of times at the Sunrise Cafe. It’s a little hole-in-the-wall next to the harbour, serving delicious eggs, omelettes, french toast, etc. The second time we went, the service was very slow, but they did warn us this would be the case. It’s just off the main s

After our great experience with the Pacific Whale Foundation on the whaleatching trip, we decided to go with them on their 5 hour snorkeling trip. The trip started from Maalaea harbour, and checkin was at 6:15 AM – a rather ungodly hour, given that we were a good 40 minute drive

The Pacific Whale Foundation is a non-profit research group that is also one of the primary boat tour operators on the island. They have several whalewatching trips a day, some leaving from Lahaina, and some leaving from Maalaea. Our morning trip was 2 hours long, and cost $35 each wi

For our last night in Maui, we wanted to stay close to the airport, since we had an early flight out the next morning to Kauai. There isn’t much choice for hotels in the area immediately surrounding the airport (Kahului) but with Expedia we found the Maui Beach Hotel, at $130 a

For dinner we headed to the Hana Ranch Restaurant. It’s one of the 2 restaurants open for dinner in Hana (the other is at Hotel Hana, and is apparently very high-end). They serve hamburgers and macaroni and cheese. There is a veggie burger, made from taro root. It’s pre-ma

We decided to overnight in Hana, so we didn’t have to drive there and back in one day.  We had a hard time finding a moderately priced hotel room in Hana, and we ended up at Hana Kai Maui Resort, an oceanfront condo resort on Waikaloa Beach, which, at $250 was more than we were