Now, you must know that I love children, but when I picture a romantic honeymoon with my husband, I don't exactly picture crying babes, running children, kids meals, and whatever may end up in the hotel pool. Chris and I were very lucky that we were able to visit Maui after most kids had returned to school. So, although I'm sure anytime of year would be the perfect time of year to visit this beautiful island, I would definitely recommend trying to arrange your trip around school holidays.
No onto the recommendations! I have to warn you that I can't take credit for ALL of these suggestions, as a few were passed on to us by a wonderful friend, (who is also very thorough with her recommendations), Vivian! Thanks girl!
No onto the recommendations! I have to warn you that I can't take credit for ALL of these suggestions, as a few were passed on to us by a wonderful friend, (who is also very thorough with her recommendations), Vivian! Thanks girl!
Happy Hour
Betty's Beach Cafe: Ok, this place is seriously a gem! The time of year we visited Maui may play a part in how empty it was, but there is no complaining here. Beautiful beach front view, $5 fresh civeche, $3 mai tai's, and $2 extra to make it a double! We were hooked... and back the next day obviously. If we had checked out Betty's earlier, we would have stopped by for the whole fresh lobster for $16.95 on Wednesdays. We'll have to save that for next time.
Dessert
Ululanie's Shave Ice: I've been wanting to put a 'D' on the end of Shave so bad, but that's really what it's called in Hawaii! If you get the opportunity to stop by this amazing place, please get the Haleakala flavor.... and make it a large!
Snorkeling
The Snorkel Store: This place had a really amazing deal to rent two sets of gear for the whole week. Vivian had recommended that we do this to safe time and money. What makes this so fantastic is you can leave the gear in your car so it's there whenever you want to explore. There are so many wonderful snorkeling spots to visit without a guide! My favorite part of the deal was paying about $30 extra to get a spare mask that had photo and video capabilities. Extra star for that one! We dropped off our gear the morning we headed off to the airport, and by the time we had checked our luggage, all our photos and videos were available in a personal folder online for us to save!
Lunch
Paia Fish Market: Chris and I had just finished an amazing hike through the Bamboo Forest and we weren't very excited about our peanut butter and banana sandwiches on the way home. Lucky for us our drive back to the hotel took us through a beautiful Hippie town in Paia. We decided to park and take a walk around when we found this awesome fish market restaurant, totally packed, affordable, and absolutely delicious. We both decided to go with the Mahi Burger. One word, amazing! We were talking about this burger for the rest of the day.
Fish Tacos
Ono Tacos: OnoMG! Seriously the most delicious fish and shrimp taco's i've ever had. Being from LA I was sure I had already had the best of the best street vendor tacos around. Boy was I wrong!
I'm already wanting to go back!
Yelp reviews up soon!
xx D
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