Tue 17 Nov - Snorkelling, Kihei and Pa’ia
When we went to sleep last we only had one neighbour, on awakening we had several others getting ready for their day ahead out of the backs of their cars.
An early start meant we were one of the first to get to the prime snorkelling bay named “The Dump”!
Despite a difficult entry to the ocean, large waves and slippery large stones, we both made it in to clear and warm waters. The coral and fish here were the best we've seen many of which neither of us had seen before during our tour to various bays making claim to wonderful snorkelling. We wondered why it had been so badly named…..
We both came out in need of a good cuppa tea and hot footed it to a Starbucks. It surprised us how long we spent in there whittling away a good hour or so on the internet. Whatsapp was pinging constantly with Yvonne catching up with her friends and all their news and of course, destined to leave with a new pair of swim shorts for Glenn as we were in the shopping mall.
In the corner of the car park we spotted lot a huge container. It was a massive vending machine where you could buy ice and cold water. You popped your money in, selected the size bag you wanted, heard it clunking about making the ice and out it popped all bagged up. Yvonne was fascinated.
We made off for Central Maui to visit the local hippy surfing town of Pa’ia, which we heard had a good alternative food store. Lunching under the shade of a tree in the car park, Glenn was twice offered drugs in the space of 10 minutes as he went to the litter bin! We hadn't even made it in to the town yet! The town was full of expensive clothes shops and restaurants aimed at the tourists with the exception of an excellent food store that sold things from hoppers, which you weighed, just like the old days when you bought your sugar/flour. It was packed with locals in their tiedye outfits, dreadlocks and funny sandals.
From here we made our way back to Haleakala (Yvonne can spell this without looking it up now!) as we plan to hike the crater from the other side tomorrow. So it was goodbye sun and warmth and back up to the 7000 feet high camping site, Hosmer Grove, with doubled up sleeping bags, fleeces and long trousers. We plan to get out early so the hike back to the camp site isn't in the heat of the day, remembering of course this is one of the coldest and potentially wettest places on the island. Really who knows what the weather will be up there, so our backpacks are stuffed for every eventuality. In fact Yvonne is writing this in a sleeping bag wrapped up in two fleeces, socks and long trousers. And to think this morning she was snorkelling in a bikini and in a place less than 10 miles away! What a cool place Maui is!
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| Keeping up tin touch with the world |
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| The fascinating ice machine |
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| Pai'a |
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| A Pai'an resident |
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