Friday, October 28, 2011

Kihei


When we booked this trip, we thought it would be great to also check out another area of Maui. So after six days in Ka'anapali, we moved down south to Kihei for the last couple days. Before focusing on Kihei, I have to mention another little road trip we took up to the North Shore. We made our way to Ho'okipa lookout which oversees Maui's world-class surfing and windsurf spot. It was so cool to see all the windsurfers zipping along the water at incredible speeds.

We stayed at the Maui Coast hotel which is located on South Kihei Road and is across the street from Kamaole Beach I. We arrived in the afternoon and pretty much as soon as we hit the beach, the afternoon trade winds started and I remembered why I wasn't too keen on spending a lot of time here. The winds were quite strong this first day so having a relaxing snooze on the beach was difficult with sand being blasted at you constantly. The water was also very choppy so we decided to go for a stroll from Kamaole Beach I to II and then III. We stopped in at some shops along south Kihei Road on the walk back before having dinner at Maui Thai. Dinner was good, we both weren't too hungry so we opted to share a dish and it was enough for both of us. There isn't much to do here in the evenings.

The next day it was relatively overcast in the morning and into the afternoon. On a recommendation, we had breakfast at Kihei Caffe. The banana macadamia nut pancakes were great!! This place is very busy, but highly recommend it.

We did some beach hoping while here and found ourselves mostly in the Wailea area, which is just south of Kihei. Less wind here in the afternoons. The water was still a little rough at some beaches so I didn't get much more snorkelling in though Z tried. We spent one afternoon at Big Beach. Just as the name suggests, the beach stretches for 2/3 miles and is just a gorgeous stretch of white sand. The surf here is pretty tricky on certain days with a very strong undertow and large waves crashing at the shoreline. Silly me experienced this first hand and gave Z a rather big scare. I felt like a pair of shorts in the washing machine. It was rather stupid of me to underestimate the current and surf. Really nice beach though and watching the waves crashing from the beach (not on top of you) is pretty cool.

On our last day, we spent the day at Wailea Beach after another breakfast at Kihei Caffe. Wailea Beach is apparently ranked by several beach rankings as the best beach in America. We managed to luck out with parking here, which can be a little tricky. I once again skipped the snorkelling and was happy just getting the last bit of rays before heading home. Z says the snorkelling here was good, but I have a feeling that the best snorkelling was up where we started this quick get away in Ka'anapali.


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