Lahaina, HI Thurs Dec 31st New Years Eve & last full day Today was New Years Eve and our last full day in Maui. Whilst feeling ready to go home and get on with new events for the coming year I am sad to be leaving Hawaii. I could live in this place…an issue I… More

Lahaina, HI Wed Dec 30th Today was West Maui bike loop day for Mark in the morning and Whale Watching for the four of us in the afternoon. Mark got away just before 7 am and Ali and I went on to our respective forms of exercise: Ali to the gym and me for a… More

Lahaina, HI Tue Dec 29th: hang at the beach day We woke to a beautiful sunny day and Ali headed out for a run whilst Mark and I investigated the beach path heading south from our condo complex. This path skirts along the beach and, in some sections, weaves back through various hotel and condo… More

Paia, HI Mon Dec 28th: Haleakala Day Also: Move to Lahaina Day: Honua Kai Resort, 130 Kai Malina Pkwy #711 Lahaina (Hokulani Tower) It was our last morning in Paia and we were all quite glad to be departing. The rooms were poorly insulated and so the noise throughout the night kept all of us… More

Paia, HI Sun Dec 27th Today was Hana Highway day. It was also the day that I discovered the ‘panorama’ function on my phone 🙂 There wasn’t any obvious and decent walking track near our lodging, or none that we could find at least, and so our first outing for the day was meeting up… More

Paia, HI Sat Dec 26th Matt and AB got away for their early flight and we then made it to the airport by about 9.40 am for our 11.30 flight to Maui. The 30 min flight was uneventful but, on arrival, it became clear we needed to hire a larger car than first planned due… More

Kapolei, HI Dec 24th For some reason I was up early. Earlier than usual but I captured the most amazing moon setting over the water that I’d ever seen. My iPhone couldn’t do this justice and Mark’s camera chose not to work. So, it was just me and one of those moments when you find… More

Kapolei, HI Wed 23rd Ala Moana Day Today started a little differently with everyone participating in the morning walk to coffee… even Tom! I remembered to take my phone today and so there are shots of the shore-line walk included in this update. The plan for the day was straightforward: morning walk, pool time, Ala… More

Kapolei, HI Tue 22nd Dec Today was Chrysler 300 C day. Matt and Annabelle had a car booked for the day and they set off for their day excursion after their 7 am car pick up. The rest of us had our, what was becoming, usual routine. Exercise for Mark, Mary and Ali and a… More

Kapolei, HI Mon 21st Dec The morning started much the same as the previous one with a brisk walk and then a trip to buy coffee. We then headed back to the Villa and down to try out the beach and various swimming pools before having a quick lunch and then on to shopping at… More