Maui Day 3 Luau

Last night we found out that the Haleakala Mountain is two and a half hours away. So if we wanted to see the sunrise, we would have to leave the hotel at 2:30 AM. So we decided to see a sunset there after the road to Hana. Now we have all morning and afternoon to come up with something, so naturally Erin slept in and I sat out on the balcony for a while. We then decided to go to Front street to shop at Hilo Hattie's, the one stop shop in Hawaii. We got there at 10:00 when they opened, there was not as much stuff as we had originally thought there would be but it was a good time. If nothing else we got a free shell lai for visiting. We saw some other stores around and started to shop a bit and pretty soon we were on Front St. Front St is a long street that runs along the beach, it's full of small shops and nice stores and restaurants.


I can't get the pictures to go anywhere else but at least I figured out how to put more pictures on the iPhone app blog! This is a view of the ocean standing on Front St. We stayed till noon and headed back to the hotel. In order to save money we stopped at McDonalds for lunch. After being in Hawaii for five days a ten dollar meal is a deal! We changed and got ready to go to the beach. Erin is starting to get burned and I can feel it a little so I stayed in the water the whole time, while Erin layed out for a little while. She did come in and swim a bit. We would have stayed out longer but Erin didn't want to get really burnt so we headed back to the hotel. Erin decided to take a nap and I went down to Whaler's Village to pick up a necklace I liked but had wanted to look around a bit. We hadn't found anything close so I just decided to get it. By the time I came back Erin was getting up and it was time to get ready for the luau! Check in time was 5:30 and we were there by 5:20. The luau was at our hotel so we didn't have far to go. They told us the luau starts an hour later than normal as it is the time of year when Maui has the most sun. You get seated by your reservation card but you still want to wait in line to get the best of that section. So we stood there for an hour before being ushered in to have a sunset picture taken and being given your lai. Another shell lai, we now have two. It looks like we are going to have to buy a real lai if we want one. We got seated next to a honeymoon couple who were very nice and outgoing. They were from Indiana and Cincinnati so we had some things to talk about. The picture is of the start of the luau, the MC is teaching people how to hula. The rest of the luau was done with spotlights after the sun set so this is the only picture I have. The food was awesome, steak, chicken, mahi-mahi, boar, there was a lot to pick from. The luau was great, it went till about 9:00 and then we walked back to the hotel for some more relaxing on the balcony. A full day of nothing planned for tomorrow!


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