...And Found

Since I’m beyond biz getting the next issue ready, featuring our first ever (!) Best Beaches roundup, I decided to flog this one….

Here’s a photo essay of my trip to Maui. Here’s an extra special mahalo shout out to my new friends Charlene, Waynette, Sandi, Kathy and Brad Packer.

Someone who shall remain nameless forgot his driver’s license, so I had to navigate our little Crossfire. It’s the first time I’ve been behind the wheel since I tooled around the Coba ruins in Riviera Maya, Mexico in 2000. In a word: Scary.

 

Out first day on Maui we took a hike with Hike Maui. We got to swim under a few waterfalls and traipse through a ton of mud. The setting was peaceful and calm. And even though our tour guide was a total chatty Cathy, it was a total treat to spend the entire day in the Hawaiian rainforest.

 

I’m a beginner surfer and I try to go out three times a week in the summer, but Novio did a great job for his second try at riding waves. Thanks to our pals at Maui Wave Riders, he’s so confident that he rips. He’s been talking about stealing my board.

I love, love, love paddling out at Kihei on Maui. The line-up is friendly, the sets are chill and even I never ride as well as I do here. It is my all-time top spot. (I hope my home break Rockaway Beach, Queens doesn’t take it personally.)

 

After getting an amazing couples massage at the Fairmont Kea Lani, we spent Valentine’s Day night chillin’ on our balcony at the Wailea Beach Marriott Resort & Spa. We drank some Cava and watched the sunset from our front-row spot.

Stay tuned for part two of my trip featuring the pineapple island of Lana’i!

Posted by Jenna at 10:46 a.m.