"Andretta Kobik" > wrote in message
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> thanks everyone for your tips , we are staying at the Maui Sheraton . we
> would like to just stay by the pool again and let the world go by
> but... not this time. i would like to go on the train and to the Luau at
> Lele on Front St. ,also to the Catholic Church , Jimmy Buffets place and
> the Hulu Grill at the Whalers Village. any other ideas?? thanks,
> andretta
Stopped there every year for many years on the way to Kauai -
spots (spelling is close, I hope) -
shopping in Lahaina on the strip by the ocean
Hard rock cafe in Lahaina
Penguins at the Hyatt on Kaanapali
if you are of the mind, or out of it, and have nerves of steel, drive the
road around the north of the island (the south road is worse, if that is
possible) .
The oceanographic institute - just north of Kihei
Go up country on 378 to Haleakala - if the McDonalds is still next to that
road upcountry and it still has local stuff, the Hawaiian fare on the menu
is neat to see -(e.g., portugese sausage biscuit with egg).
Try some loco moco (breakfast) at a local small eatery - and unless you can
down 2500 calories for breakfast - DO NOT get the large. >
The Japanese restaurant in the Grand Wailiea in Wailiea is excellent (don't
know if its still there - we went there for years after we "opened" the GW
when it was a Hyatt -years ago) - and when I was there years back, I could
get puffer fish sashimi -
( and after you get the bill for the evenings repast there, you might be
tempted to ask for the puffer spines)
The Sugar train for a change of pace
Longs in Kihei just as you hit the long slow stretch just left at (what was)
the first light coming down 350 out of Kahalui - if its still there (rumor
about chain buying them out some time back).
Ace stores - lots of little stuff, neat. The one in the Lahaina shopping
center (or the ones on the strip) was kind of cool.
Ensemada, macadamia nut pies, and the Ice cream from Kauai - name escapes
me -
Mahi-mahi - spam - (it IS Hawaii and if you want to do what the natives ...)
a super market to browse the aisles - and the store in Kapaau ( I think
that's the town - north enough out of Kanaapali to think you should have
turned back - with snacks and "sandwiches" as local as you get. )
diving - horseback riding - chasing feral chickens in a golf cart while
golfing -
rent a cycle or a sports car in lahaina (I think its there) - and stay off
the north or south road on motorcycles or sports cars - the one -yes ONE-
lane 5 MPH with 1000 feet down and 500 feet up hairpins and no shoulder is
not the place to check out a new bike or get used to a clutch backing up on
that road, or a thousand clutchings or more on the ride.
And no, no one will laugh when you open the driver door to check the
clearance between the tires and the edge (not shoulder, edge) - they will be
praying
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