wowee maui: part 3

[y] ok so after a busy 1.5 weeks of being back in houston, i've finally found time to post some more pictures from our trip...and i promise, this time i'll actually post pictures of us!

almost everyday, we were treated with beautiful turquoise waters, nice sunsets, and swaying palm trees. we did a lot of snorkeling and sunbathing. while on the beach, we always had yummy maui onion chips to snack on...those of you who have been to maui should know what i'm talking about! like we mentioned before, we basically went everywhere that the maui revealed book told us to go. well, the only waste of time was our trip to the petroglyphs...not worth the trek...



we also did 2 of the maui "must do's"...the road to hana and biking down mt. haleakala. for those of you who don't know, the road to hana to a stretch of mostly coastal road along the edge of mt. haleakala along the northern coast of maui. there are waterwalls, nature hikes, cute villages, and other natural wonders along the drive. it was quite a challenge to get to some of these waterwalls...we had to walk through dense forests of bamboo, muddy paths, jumping over a 3-4 gap over a rushing stream 10 feet below, walking across streams on slippery rocks, climbing over big rocks, and other naturey things that i am not accustomed to! but they were all well worth it in the end!



we got to see the sun rise on new year's day atop mt. haleakala at the rim of the crater! it was worth the 3am pickup to the top of the mountain and the FREEZING air whipping around us. after we watched the sun rise, we rode bikes down the mountain...at the top, you're freezing and wearing a bunch of layers...as you get closer and closer to the bottom, you strip off layers of clothing...and then you end up at the beach 38 miles later. i hadn't ridden a bike in 10 years or so, so i was quite anxious about riding down a mountain on a curvy road with sharp turns and no guard rails where apparently there is 1 major accident per week. but i survived and it was so fun! ms150, here i come? =)



on our last day in maui, we treated ourselves to a nice $130 lunch at mama's fish house...it was good fish...but dang, $130?? luckily gordo cooked his soy sauce chicken and i cooked spaghetti on most of the nights =). then we topped that off with a monstrous hawaiian shaved ice in paia. yum!



and this concludes our wowee maui series...