June 17, 2013
This day was just about the
only one where we had an excursion that didn't end in me somewhat
nauseous! We got up early to head back out to Haleakala to do the
zipline there. I was pretty excited about this, and it did not
disappoint, at least for me ;) It was pricey but really fun! Going fast
and such! The guides were fun, and even though there were only five
ziplines, the last one was amazing! It was a pendulum zipline which
means you go WAYYYY down, back up, down the way you came and back again,
where the girl finally caught us at the bottom. So cool!
We
tried out snorkeling again in the afternoon, but the waves of course
were making me woozy so I had to quit, I'm such a wuss! So instead, we
went to find beer. We went to the Maui Brewing Company in the afternoon,
which was really REALLY tasty, one
of my favorite places we went to! Then we hung out by the pool at our
resort (damn, it's always windy and chilly on Maui it seems!) where we
caught the hula crew lighting the torches before heading off for the
luau. Something entertaining for a bit at least :)
We ended up going to
Whaler's Village which was at a neighboring resort. It had TONS of cool
shops and such, and we had dinner at a place called Leilani's on the
Beach, which was pretty cool (but slow and I didn't care for the food
all that much) at least for the atmosphere. I found a new bookmark to
replace the one I lost at the airport on my way home from Florida in the
spring. Yay! Haha, the highlight of my day apparently ;)
June 18, 2013
The
next day, it was finally time for us to go home. We made a quick stop
at Whaler's Village again before we left to explore a little more. We
went back to Paia (where we started our bike journey a few days before
and a place we went through when we started the road to Hana). I don't
really know what it was about it, but it was a really cool place. We
just walked around and had lunch at a little Mexican joint (which was
another of my favorite food stops!) and just enjoyed it. Finally we
headed off to the airport to catch the plane home. It was pretty nice to
finally get to go home, but it was a pretty fun trip at least!
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| ^Another early day on Haleakala. |
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| ^Ponies! |
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| ^Nervous? No. |
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| ^At least I figured out the turning part so I didn't get flipped around too much. |
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| ^I did it, yay! |
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| ^On the bridge. |
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| ^One of our guides, Jimmy. |
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| ^The last line, a LOOOONG way down. |
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| ^Flying by. |
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| ^Our other guide, Melizza, catching Mike. |
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| ^A breezy last night at our resort. |
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| ^From our trip to the Maui Brewing Co. |
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| ^Mini hula show. |
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| ^Whale at Whaler's Village. |
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| ^So many noms! |
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| ^Signing off! |
