The Adventures of Lory and Z's Travels: Amazing Race connection in Maui

One of my favourite shows is the Amazing Race...wonder why? Could it have anything to do with traveling around the world? Sunday night we watched the show in our room and to our surprise at the end when the first team made it to the pit stop and won the leg, Phil announced they had won a trip to Maui....and no less to the same resort we were staying at....the Wailea Beach Marriott Resort & Spa. That was pretty cool seeing the shots of the resort on the show which we were in the middle of experiencing.

The Marriott is not actually beachfront, there is a beach one either side of the property which are easily accessible. Wailea beach is to the left and Ulua beach is to the right. We spent one day at each and it's hard to say which was my preferred beach. The surf was pretty choppy the day we spent at Ulua beach which brought some pretty large waves in and so I didn't stand in the water too long but it would be a great beach for swimming when the water is a little calmer. This beach wasn't too busy and there was plenty of space to park oneself and soak up the rays.

Wailea beach is ranked as one of the best beaches in America, we found this out in
Maui Revealed - a must have guide book. This beach has amazing fine grain sand and is about a 1/3 mile long. The water was quite calm the day we spent there and I really enjoyed swimming around.

We spent the later part of the afternoons sitting and enjoying the Serenity pool at the resort. This is the resort's infinity pool overlooking the ocean. It's for guests 18 years and older so it really does provide some serenity.

We had the pleasure of seeing some marine life as well. Little did I know that i
a colony of green sea turtles that hangs out in front of the resort. We also got to see a Hawaiian monk seal who decided to sunbath on the volcanic rocks outside of the resort. It was quite the sight to see as he made himself comfortable so he could take in the sun. We discovered quickly as a volunteer monk seal response team member arrived that this little seal had to be something special. Thanks to the wonderful world of Google and Wikipedia we discovered that the monk seal is on the critically endangered list and there are only about 1100 remaining.