Aloha

Our flight to Maui through San Francisco was delayed about an hour and a half due to low cloud in San Fran. This is apparently pretty common, and we even talked about it when booking the flight but felt our lay over time was sufficient to make the connection. Now with the delay our lay over time went from three hours to about one hour from when our flight was landing and the next one was leaving. Needless to say, I was a little uncomfortable with that especially since there was no easy way out of San Fran if we missed our connection and we had to be in Maui by the next morning....we made it with time to spare as Z would say. :)

We arrived in Maui mid afternoon Friday and made our pit stop at Costco and Big K to pick up some grocery items. We didn't realize how early the sun sets here and so by the time we got to our hotel it was already dark. Once the sun sets, it gets dark fast and when it's dark, it's dark. It makes for some great star gazing. We came to Maui for a wedding (that's the excuse and we're sticking to it!!).

We're staying at the Westin Ka'anapali Ocean Resort Villas. When we arrived, we found out that we were upgraded to a one-bedroom suite with a partial ocean view. Wow....the suite is amazing. It is very spacious with a full kitchen, huge bathroom and bedroom and a lanai from where you can see the ocean. The whole resort in fact is quite amazing and is situated on Kahekili Beach.

Saturday morning we woke up to beautiful warm sunshine and birds singing. It was the perfect start to a great day. In the morning we attended our friends' wedding here at the resort. It was a perfect setting with the ceremony overlooking the ocean. The ceremony was lovely. Congrats you two, we couldn't be happier for you!!

We had a few hours between the ceremony and reception, so what better way to spend it than on the beach. Quick change and off we were. The beach here is great!! The water isn't too rough, but the current can be strong and you have to be mindful of the undertow. There is really good snorkeling as soon as you enter the water. The reef starts pretty close to the shoreline with hundreds of very colourful fish just hanging out. I even got to see a turtle swimming around and feeding off the ocean floor. The snorkeling really is spectacular here. The sun though can be really hot and it doesn't take much to get some colour.