Maui Part 2

In no particular order....

Iao Valley State Park (located in central Maui)

Not only is sacred Iao Valley naturally tropically beautiful, it has great historical significance. The Battle of Kepaniwai happened here in 1790. King Kamehameha clashed with Maui's army in his quest to unite the islands. Kamehameha defeated Maui's forces in a ferocious battles that ultimately changed the course of Hawaiin history.

Of course Adam is the most adventurous out of us all. He climed up everything he could.
If I would have tried to climb up there...I am almost certain I would have slipped and fallen in. Those rocks were wet and very slippery.
I almost fell in the water just climbing across rocks to get to that point.
Adam took this nice shot of this plant my parents like
another picture by the water
It was nice resting on this rock after our hike
Me and my hubby with the famous 1200-foot Iao Needle in the background. Towering in the sky above Iao Valley, this green-covered moutain peak is one of Maui's most famous sites.
Love the green jungle. It is so much prettier than what we are use to (ugly desert).
We hiked up this small little trail that was off the path. We like to be adventurous. There was nothing too exciting on the way and the trail just went on forever...so we turned around after fifteen minutes.

Nice shot of the Iao Needle
Welcome to the Jungle
At the top where the pathway ended. You can see the start of the bottom of the pathway and the parking lot. They had signs warning people to stay on the marked paths. We don't like to follows the rules though.
Me and the Parents...we didn't want to get burned like a lot of tourists do so we decided to cover up.
A little too upclose and personal. ha. but a cool shot non the less.
Iao Needle
The drive up...I love being surrounded by green.
We thought this would turn out better. Oh well.

We played in the tidepools after we ate breakfast (pictures of breakfast are below) I don't feel like putting anything in order.
Ma and Pa
Everywhere you go...the ocean is just so pretty
Some of Adam's findings...little hermit crabs. (When we went to the Bahamas my sister took home 30 nice size hermit crabs she had found-they had the coolest shells)
Adam really enjoyed searching for little creatures.

We left at 7am to eat breakfast at the Gazebo. Its a very popular place. We of course waited in a huge line to eat here.
It was well worth the wait. The best pancakes I have EVER had in my Entire life. Banana and Macadamia nut pancakes with cocunut syrup. I want to figure out how to make the syrup. It is SO good.

My parents split an omelet which they enjoyed.. but their omelet probably didn't bring them as much JOY as my pancakes brought me.

While we waited in line we took some pictures by the pool

They have a lot of whale sightings aparently at this restaurant. We unfortuneately didn't see any.

Here was the line in front of us. Below is a picture of the line behind us

Our rental car in Maui. Of course we had to get a convertable. We are tourist. They ran out of the Mustangs.

We ate across the street from the banyon tree at Cool Cats on the second floor. It was SO good. Delicious Hawaiin Burgers that blow Islands out of the water...and who doesn't like Islands?!?
The fam : ]
We had a coupon for free rootbeer floats. They were pretty good too.
One of my favorite pictures. If the shoes fits....

Maui Part 1

Trying out one of the pools at our Resort
We stayed at the Marriot Maui Ocean Club

Adam was so sick of pictures by this point. The resort had waterfalls everywhere.

On our way to the pool


We loved this guy. He taught hula lessons. I really wanted to learn but we were always out and about during the lessons.

One of the nice things about Maui is that you get to kick back and relax.......I could sleep in one of these.
This pizza was really good. The cheapest meal we ate.
I miss POG (passion fruit, Orange, and Guava)
Adam caught so many of these guys.
The Hula Grill. Expensive and are least favorite. We ate at expensive restaurants every day (lunch, dinner, and sometimes breakfast). Its not like the Hula Grill was bad. There were just so many better restaurants. My neighbor LOVES this restaurant but I wouldn't recommend it.

Sunset

We went and listened to this band and watched the dancers as we drank.

The drink I am holding is my all time favorite. Lava Flow=heaven. We had so many drinks. I had to try them all (virgin of course).

yum, yum, YUM.....my mouth is watering right now just thinking about it.

my mother randomly got stung by a bee

At least she wasn't allergic. We all felt bad for her though.

We got laid so many times. We kept like ten in the fridge. ha.

Longboards was a part of the resort. The food there is good. I had their pork quesadillas. They were almost as good as the pork rolls I had in O'ahu.
I loved this cute little car they had out infront of Longboards. We took pictures by it with my dad's camera.
This is the view of the beach right outside our Resort
Beautiful isn't it.


Then if you turn around this is a view of part of the Resort.Some pictures of where we stayed
We loved the big open space in the middle of our wings. In each one of the wings there was a nice size bedroom with two bathrooms +balcony. It was nice because we felt excluded from the parents. ha. Adam and I each had our own shower and vanity which was nice.
That door goes to our bedroom
living room area
Our big king size bed. We now want one. Our queen at home is obviously big enough for us, but we like having the extra space.

Our balcony with quite a view. This was the first of many lays to come.
Can't wait to get all the pictures my dad took with his camera.