SHOWS AND FESTIVALS

 Ulalena was a beautiful theatrical show telling Maui's creation and history mostly through dance.

 We went to the Royal Lahaina luau.

 We upgraded and were given a royal treatment, beautiful leis, upfront seating, and souvenir glasses from our drinks.

 It was a cloudy evening, even with a light rain, but still it made a unique sunset.

 Getting the pig out of the pit.

 Blowing of the conch.

 Lots  of beautiful dancing.

 Different cultures were represented in their native dancing. This group had lots of tattoos even on their faces (including the girls) and they made faces with bulging eyes and sticking out their tongue.

 There was always lots of hip movement!

 Those streaks are made from fire being twirled.

 Our last show was Kupanaha. It was a magic dinner theater. The meal was one of the best we had and the show was very interesting and amazing.

 Jodi shared about all the famous magicians who visited Maui in the early years of tourism,

 His wife was his assistant.

 He always left you saying "How did he do that ?" It was a very good show.

 When we went to church on Sunday they mentioned that here was a free Ukulele festival at the Maui Arts and Cultural Center in the afternoon. Some of there members were at a workshop the day before and would be playing with Willie K. We arrived there in time to hear them.

 Willie K is really great and we enjoyed listening to him sing and play.

There were many different performers and we enjoyed them all.

 Roy Sakuma on the left had put on this festival since 1971.  He is an esteemed ukulele teacher.

 There was an art and craft show under the banyan tree in Lahaina on Saturday.

 It is one of the largest banyan tree in the US, It sure gives a lot of  much needed shade.

 I bought a print of this painting, the original was a little too pricey.

This artist was carving a tiki statue. Larry bought a small one with smiling eyes, so we brought a little Maui home with us.

BY SEA

 Friday morning we went on this boat to go to Lanai to snorkel.

 We had won this trip at our orientation meeting on Monday. Bob and Veronica sat at our table during orientation. We enjoyed talking to them so we arranged to go on this trip together.

 Looking back at Maui and the resorts along the shore line.

 A cruise ship was in port.

 The water was a little choppy, but after about 45 minutes we were anchored near Lanai and in the water snorkeling.

We enjoyed an hour of snorkeling. We had only snorkeled off a beach on our Caribbean cruise years ago, and Larry couldn't do it then. He bravely tried it again but had trouble with his mask. We did see some pretty fish.  

We went back to Maui and anchored about mile 13 on Route 30, and snorkeled some more. Some people saw turtles, but I wasn't lucky enough to, for I was a little afraid to go too far from the boat.

 Larry and Bob enjoyed going down the slide into the beautiful water, not me!

 We had a nice barbecue lunch and then if we were finished snorkeling we could have complimentary mai tais. This is the only day I got sunburn. I had lotion on everywhere but the lower part of my back, and that area turned a little pink, ouch!

 We had a very enjoyable day snorkeling and cruising around the island. We would even try snorkeling again, but Larry would like to get a better mask.

 On Saturday night we went on the Maui Princess for a dinner cruise.

 A beautiful sunset.

This entertainer sang and played for us during the trip, We would have danced if we hadn't had to hold on to something when you were up and moving around. We had a good meal and again a couple of mai tais.

 Since we didn't see too much while we were snorkeling we went to the Maui Ocean Center.

 All the fish here are found around the reefs in Hawaii.

 Here is a sea turtle.

 I enjoyed watching this little octopus, but I'm not sure I would want to meet him in the ocean.

 We watched a diver in the shark tank.

This was a nice way to view the fish.

ROAD TO HANA

 Wednesday morning we were up early again for a  tour of the road to Hana, the road goes all around the big part of Maui. Hana is on the right hand tip,

 This van picked us up at the resort at 7:00, then  we stopped for a nice continental breakfast.

 Damion was our driver and guide. He was a native and his family lived along the road to Hana. He said many of the people were his aunt or uncle. He shared much information about the  island and made it a very enjoyable trip.

 We enjoyed several beautiful stops.

 Little food stores at the side of the road. Damion said Uncle Harry was one of the first.

 There were usually two churches near each other, one Congregational and one Catholic. The Congregational were built by the first missionaries, and then when the Catholic came to the island they had them build there church close by so they could convert any of the islanders who were already Christians.

 Beautiful waterfalls

 There are 56 one lane bridges and 617 curves!

 We stopped at this farm market and did a little shopping. Pineapple banana bread and macadamia brittle.

 Black sand beach.

 I had to touch it.

 Right before noon we made it to Hana.

 Sure would have liked to have gone swimming at this beach.

 This was our stop for lunch.

 It was a florist, so we were given red ginger. It had no fragrance until you squeezed the flower in your hand. We had a good barbecue chicken lunch.

On the road again, not suppose to be so curvy, but it got narrower and more bumpy.

 The car had to stop so we could cross the bridge. When we got next to the car we were just barely able to pass it. Our driver kept telling the car to move up, I don't know how the car didn't hit the stone wall of the  bridge. Glad we weren't driving this road, Rental cars are not insured to drive part of the road to Hana.

 We were allowed to go swimming here at the Pools of Ohe'o Gulch, but no one went.

 This is the lower level of the Haleakala National Park. So we have been to the summit and to the ocean.

 This was a very pretty old church, but it is known for the cemetery behind it.

 Charles Lindbergh's grave.

One reason he was here was that Pryor's lived here. He was a pioneer aviator and vice president of Pan Am in the 1960's. He also wore a yellow hat.

These are the five graves of the monkeys that lived with them.

This monkey's name is George and we know him as Curious George!

The narrow , bumpy road goes on and on!

Maui's last lava flow.

Wind farm along this coast line with more to be built later.

It was a beautiful drive, but long and curvy. We arrived back a the resort after 12 hours on the road. I was glad to be back and didn't think I wanted to be in anything that moves for awhile.

Our last stop had been at the Tedeschi Winery where we purchased  Pineapple Blanc, Pineapple Sparkle, Maui Red wine. We also bought a pineapple, but there are very few pineapples fields in  Hawaii now.