Return to Maui

I have always wanted to explore as many different places that I can in my lifetime and have said many times that I don't want to go back to the same place time and time again. But what does one do when they are offered a great deal at a resort that you visited the year before, it's fall but already feels like winter at home with temperatures only reaching a high of 10 Celsius and lows hitting below freezing, it's been raining for 3 weeks and you know it won't really improve until May if you're lucky but probably not until June or July? Well in Z and my case we book a trip back to sunny Maui.

I need to start off by voicing a little frustration with Air Canada and their "pineapple express" flight. It's really time to retrofit these planes to the modern age and while they are at it perhaps get some happier flight attendants. The biggest problem I had with the flight was that it was so incredibly cold. The AC was blowing and despite several people, including me, sitting in our area asking for the heat to be turned up there was nothing that could be done because other areas of the plane were warm. These old planes don't have proper climate controls capabilities. When we asked for a blanket the flight attendant shrugged and said they didn't have any on board unless we wanted to pay $5. Seriously?!?!

We arrived after our 6 hour freezing flight to a warm night in Maui. Our first few days take us to Wailea. There's something so freeing about being in a tropical location with not a care in the world. I've gone dark from work meaning the Blackberry is sitting at home and its red flashing light can't stress me out till I get back. The biggest decisions on day one were should we get up now? What should I eat for breakfast and should we hang out at the beach or pool for the day?

Our first day was just perfect. Ocean view breakfast outside on the hotel restaurant lanai, chillin' out in a hammock listening to the ocean waves crashing ashore, bobbing and frolicking in the ocean, swimming in the infinity pool overlooking the ocean, topped off with relaxing in the very warm sunshine.

Now all I need to figure out is a way for us to stay indefinitely.

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