Maui

First things first- a Mai Tai at Mamas!




We've only been here about 24 hours and already seen tons of birds, deer (?), lotsa colorful fish, humpback whales, cows, stray cats, egrets, and wierd mongoose thing. Maui is beautiful.
Today we drove about an hour to Honolua Bay. After a 10 min walk through tropical forest (are we on the set of Lost?) we got to a rocky bay and swam out to snorkel around the reefs. We saw a giant tuna and a long and skinny cigarry fish- I think an A'ha Needlefish. So many colorful fish... A lot of them reminded me of fish we had in our tank growing up.
After snorkeling- as I'm typing this we just drove past a huge goat thing-





... Anyways we went to sample the Hawaiian fare at Aloha Mixed Plate- yum. Except poi. Ooh and we saw a few whales playing in the water. Then we drove through Lahaina- coulda been Huntington Beach or Sausalito and headed to another snorkeling spot- miles of reef along the shore- Olowalu. Now we're headed back to our hotel to go to the beach and snorkel some more!
Makena Beach Resort






View from our balcony- partial ocean view :)











The beach right in front of our hotel












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