Hawaii Tales
Trip Start
Jan 04, 2010
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Trip End
Apr 22, 2010
Maui, Hawaii
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Maui- Hawaii.
After four beautiful days at sea we finally arrived at the first of the Hawaiian Islands on our trip. We anchored offshore from the town of La Haina. During breakfast we were able to view from the window a pod of Humpback whales who gave us their own welcome-demonstrating their renowned diving, spouting and tail flicking activities which is the stuff of wild life films. The trip to shore was also made very interesting by the presence of several pods of whales who seemed to take an interest in the tender boats. Unfortunately because of the enclosed environment we were not able to get any photos so we had to content ourselves with attempting to photograph from the ship later in the day– the results were not so good.
It is not a very large town but it is a bustling with lots of retail activity- great for the ladies. Not much evidence of grass skirts but we were greeted on our arrival by a group of Hawaiian lady dancers who danced to the sounds of their local music. We went on to visit the Maui Ocean Centre, which is a rather upmarket aquarium centre housing a large number of marine mammals mostly of the ferocious kind-sharks and stingrays etc.
La Haina is a very pretty place, and well worth another visit.
Later in the evening there was a Hawaiian style deck party with lots of energetic dancing. It's a good way to tackle the excess pounds we are putting on from all the food we eat. See Photos.
