Molokini cater, Maui. Accessible only by boat. If you don't manage to take a boat there to look for fish, never mind. You've seen this picture. Photo by Forest and Kim Starr in Wikivoyage.
Problem
Hawaii is not one island but eight major islands. We narrowed it down to three to see in one trip, flying to Hawaii from America.
Hawaii is American but not American, if you see what I mean.
What is there to see on Maui in Hawaii? Surely you'd fly to Honolulu first? Yes, and take in another island or two. That's what we did.
Maui is the best they say. Conde Nast praised it highly.
Chief attractions include:
Beaches, (black sand)
lavender farm,
turtle town,
volcanic craters,
waterfalls,
water sports,
whale watching,
an evening luau - buffet with Polynesian music and dancing.
I did lots of whale watching, from a hotel balcony. I believed the brochure. We never saw a whale in Hawaii, despite watching. On the other hand, I'm pretty good at attracting rain, even in places which claim they never had any until I got there.
Note the whale watching maths if that matters to you. Some whale watching trips promise to take you on another trip if you don't see any whales. But you can only go on days when they are running a trip and if you are not booked to do anything else. So go as early as possible on your holiday if you think you might avail yourself of this good offer.
What's local /inevitable:
Banana bread, fruit smoothies, beach mats, Hawaiian shirts and clothes.
LANGUAGE
Handily the language is simple:
Aloha is hello and goodbye.
Lua pronounced loo-ah! means toilet.
USEFUL WEBSITES
https://wikitravel.org/en/Maui
Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and phtographer, author and speaker.
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