Hawaii

[EllToPay]

This was the best place we ate in Maui, highly recommend.  Went the first day and then again the last day:
http://merrimanshawaii.com/

YES! Kapalua is probably the best place on Maui.

[steve dave]

This was the best place we ate in Maui, highly recommend.  Went the first day and then again the last day:
http://merrimanshawaii.com/

YES! Kapalua is probably the best place on Maui.

yes, great area.  Also enjoyed Paia. 

[EllToPay]

This was the best place we ate in Maui, highly recommend.  Went the first day and then again the last day:
http://merrimanshawaii.com/

YES! Kapalua is probably the best place on Maui.

yes, great area.  Also enjoyed Paia. 

It was good, a little to hippy for me. The fish market restaurant on the corner was excellent

[steve dave]

This was the best place we ate in Maui, highly recommend.  Went the first day and then again the last day:
http://merrimanshawaii.com/

YES! Kapalua is probably the best place on Maui.

yes, great area.  Also enjoyed Paia. 

It was good, a little to hippy for me. The fish market restaurant on the corner was excellent

mrs. dave liked the boutique stores and stuff there.  didn't eat anything but shaved ice in Paia though.

[EllToPay]

This was the best place we ate in Maui, highly recommend.  Went the first day and then again the last day:
http://merrimanshawaii.com/

YES! Kapalua is probably the best place on Maui.

yes, great area.  Also enjoyed Paia. 

It was good, a little to hippy for me. The fish market restaurant on the corner was excellent

mrs. dave liked the boutique stores and stuff there.  didn't eat anything but shaved ice in Paia though.

did you go to the top of haleakala? luau? pics?

[EllToPay]

the back side of hana is kind of dirt road for a bit and there are some sketchy one lane bridges and stuff but it's really not bad.  it is less curvy than the front side which is painfully curvy.  

Mrs. etp was very upset that i decided to drive the whole way around. i also further angered mrs. etp when i honked and yelled at some hawaiian cowboy on a horse who promptly flipped me off.

[pissclams]

you know who goes to hawaii?  insecure people. 

seemed to be mostly honeymooners when we were there

thanks for further proving my point  

[steve dave]

This was the best place we ate in Maui, highly recommend.  Went the first day and then again the last day:
http://merrimanshawaii.com/

YES! Kapalua is probably the best place on Maui.

yes, great area.  Also enjoyed Paia. 

It was good, a little to hippy for me. The fish market restaurant on the corner was excellent

mrs. dave liked the boutique stores and stuff there.  didn't eat anything but shaved ice in Paia though.

did you go to the top of haleakala? luau? pics?

no, no, yes (will get them up this weekend)

[Benja]

This was the best place we ate in Maui, highly recommend.  Went the first day and then again the last day:
http://merrimanshawaii.com/

YES! Kapalua is probably the best place on Maui.

yes, great area.  Also enjoyed Paia. 

It was good, a little to hippy for me. The fish market restaurant on the corner was excellent

mrs. dave liked the boutique stores and stuff there.  didn't eat anything but shaved ice in Paia though.

did you go to the top of haleakala? luau? pics?

no, no, yes (will get them up this weekend)

good choice on not doing the luau. i've done road to hana twice, the backside is awesome.. everything else sounds pretty great.

[steve dave]

view from room at Hyatt Kauai



lobby



Waimea Canyon (sp?)



ridic local market that we ate breakfast at every day, good wine/beer selection too.



Napali Coast, blew my mind the entire time.  It was massive.  Can't really see the scale via pics.



Another



View from Westin Room in Maui



Another with black rock in the background



Seven sacred pools



Thai food stand on road to Hana.  She asked me how spicy I wanted my red curry, I said super rough ridin' spicy.  



This was my pumpkin red curry, it was much too spicy, I pretended like it wasn't like a boss.  mrs. dave's pad thai was excellent.



didn't get many pics of the roads on the backway of the road to Hana but this one kind of caught it.  



funny sign at Honolua Bay where we snorkled (because there surf wasn't big)



Maui brewing beers



They had a ridic. amount of seasonals which was great

[pissclams]

losertown USA

[Benja]

great pics my dude

[pissclams]

thanks, holmes.

[EllToPay]

View from Westin Room in Maui

Mr. and Mrs. ETP had a simliar view. Maybe a couple floors below, but very simliar.

Thai food stand on road to Hana.  She asked me how spicy I wanted my red curry, I said super rough ridin' spicy.  

Saw this. Did not stop.

didn't get many pics of the roads on the backway of the road to Hana but this one kind of caught it.  

This is approximately where Mrs. ETP thought she was going to die.

Maui brewing beers

We sat about 5 stools to your right. ETP had two sampler platters and bought two sampler 6 packs (in cans )

[Poster formerly known as jthutch]

So we are heading to Oahu, Hawaii next week.  Any tips for fun activities with 3 boys 8, 10, 13?  My wife is not an outdoorsy person but will do some mild hiking.  The boys and I love to hike, run, bike, swim, kayak etc... We are taking surf lessons for a couple of hours on one day probably rent boogie boards or something and spend a day on the beach (but which beach?)  Probably hike Diamond head, spend half day at Pearl Harbor, spend half day or more at North Shore.  But looking for the more out of the way things to do that may be less touristy. 

[steve dave]

So we are heading to Oahu, Hawaii next week.  Any tips for fun activities with 3 boys 8, 10, 13?  My wife is not an outdoorsy person but will do some mild hiking.  The boys and I love to hike, run, bike, swim, kayak etc... We are taking surf lessons for a couple of hours on one day probably rent boogie boards or something and spend a day on the beach (but which beach?)  Probably hike Diamond head, spend half day at Pearl Harbor, spend half day or more at North Shore.  But looking for the more out of the way things to do that may be less touristy.

snorkel at Hanauma Bay
go watch surfers on the north shore near haleiwa town
don't go to the dole pineapple place

[Poster formerly known as jthutch]

So do we snorkel with a guide or just rent the stuff and do it on our own?  That was also on our list to do.

[steve dave]

So do we snorkel with a guide or just rent the stuff and do it on our own?  That was also on our list to do.

on your own. it's super easy and pud because you're inside a collapsed volcano with coral blocking the waves and turtles and crap are all over your entire face. get there right when it opens.

[Poster formerly known as jthutch]

So do we snorkel with a guide or just rent the stuff and do it on our own?  That was also on our list to do.

on your own. it's super easy and pud because you're inside a collapsed volcano with coral blocking the waves and turtles and crap are all over your entire face. get there right when it opens.

[0.42]

Hillwalking was a good poster

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[steve dave]

Yes he was

[Kat Kid]

So we are heading to Oahu, Hawaii next week.  Any tips for fun activities with 3 boys 8, 10, 13?  My wife is not an outdoorsy person but will do some mild hiking.  The boys and I love to hike, run, bike, swim, kayak etc... We are taking surf lessons for a couple of hours on one day probably rent boogie boards or something and spend a day on the beach (but which beach?)  Probably hike Diamond head, spend half day at Pearl Harbor, spend half day or more at North Shore.  But looking for the more out of the way things to do that may be less touristy.

snorkel at Hanauma Bay
go watch surfers on the north shore near haleiwa town
don't go to the dole pineapple place

Hanauma Bay is terrible. I almost drowned because I followed a stupid turtle out to the water break and my wife shook out my wedding ring on to the beach for some stupid retiree with a metal detector to find later.

[hemmy]

Try buying something at every ABC Store in Honolulu. You will have quite the collection.

[Kat Kid]

Also, I think Lanikai beach is the best on the island. Difficult to find parking unless you go early, but much less crowded and beautiful scenery. I would get paddle boards and try to make it out to the mokes in the morning if the water is calm.

[puniraptor]

Garlic shrimp: eat with the shells ON