Honeymoon Maui: Top Ten

Similar to Kauai I thought I'd list my top ten favorite things from Maui.  This was an equally amazing place to Kauai, but it was SO different!

10.  The Luau

The luau we wanted to go to was sold out on Maui, so we went to another one that was a little different from the traditional luau.  We went to Feast at Lele.  At this one, you had a private table and five courses that were served to your table vs. the typical buffet.  There was dancing between each course and overall we enjoyed the show.  The food was OK.  I don't know if we'd do a luau again; it's one of those things you have to do at least once when you go to Hawaii.  And even though the food wasn't the best, we did really have a great time.

9.  The Canoeing

The Four Seasons Hotel on Maui has an outrigger canoe program where they'll take two couples out in the morning to teach them the proper calls and form for canoeing.  And while you're out they tell you more about Maui and the surrounding islands.  It was a great trip.  What amazed me was that every morning the ocean was like glass.  No real surf and clear as could be.  And then around lunchtime, the surf kicked up as the tide came in and it was completely different.

8.  The Sunsets

We saw some of the most amazing sunsets while on Hawaii.  This one was at Mama's Fish House, which was one of our dinner stops one night.  As we walked up to the restaurant, this was the view in front of us, and we were blown away. 

7.  The Pools

There were two main pools at the Four Seasons on Maui.  The top picture was the main pool surrounded by beach chairs and cabanas, this pool was a great place to spend your day.  The other pool was an adult only infinity pool (bottom picture).  This pool was just incredible with the pool looking like it was spilling into the ocean and beautiful beach views it was amazing.

6. Banyan Tree Park, Lahaina

We went walking around all the shops in Lahaina before the Luau and came across Banyan Tree Park.  The tree Teddy is in front of is only one tree.  I couldn't even get it all into one shot, but it was huge!  We were amazed at how the tree shoots down into the ground from its branches.  Lahaina itself was a cute little town with lots of great shops.  We spent a lot of time admiring some of the local artists works at all the galleries scattered throughout town.

5.  The Pampering

The Four Seasons certainly knows how to take care of its guests and offer wonderful amenities including pool side massages!  That's me in the top picture getting a pool side foot massage.  I can feel myself relaxing just thinking about it.  Whether in a cabana or a poolside chair, the staff at the hotel were always coming by to refill your water and give you the next treat.  They came around hourly with skewers of pineapple, cucumbers and cold towels for your eyes, strawberry jello with mint, to spritz you with cool water, aloe for your skin.  The list goes on and on.  They definitely made sure we enjoyed ourselves poolside here.

4.  Capische?

Our favorite meal of Hawaii was at a place called Capische? in Wailea.  It is higher up away from the beach, so it has these amazing panoramic views of the beachfront and neighboring islands.  The sunset from here was amazing as well.  We started off sharing a mushroom truffle risotto that was absolutely delicious.  Then Teddy got the shrimp carbonara for dinner and I got the cioppino.  OMG, we were in heaven.  It was all so tasty and scrumptious.  I couldn't get over it.  This was our last dinner on Maui and we definitely decided to end on a high note.  For dessert we split a trio of gelato of chocolate, vanilla and nuttela banana.  I was officially in heaven.  What a great place this was.  A little pricey, but totally worth it.

3.  The Beach

The Four Seasons is right on the beach in Wailea.  It was an amazing place to be.  The first picture is a shot from the infinity pool.  When you get there you ask for a chair and umbrella, which they run down to set up for you immediately with fresh chair coverings and towels.  You get the same service here as you do poolside at the hotel.  We had a great time swimming in the ocean and lounging in the shade of our umbrella. 

2.  Snorkling at Molokini

We took a catamaran out to Molokini for a 6:30am tour.  You can see Molokini in the background of the picture, it's a small crescent shaped crater in the left background.  It is a sunken volcano that now has a nice reef within it.  The early morning cruise was the best choice we made.  The boat was only at about half capacity, the water was smooth and clear as glass, and we saw tons of great fish.  This Hawaii trip was the first time Teddy had been snorkeling and we tried it a couple of times on Kauai, but this boat cruise on Maui was pretty amazing.  He loved it!  We spent the morning swimming about pointing out colorful fish to each other.  Then we both spotted an eel that was chasing all the fish down, and he was super close to us, so we were freaked out.  Then we spot a reef shark come swimming in.  For some reason that was less freaky than the eel, which I think was because he was far enough away that we had a stupid sense of security that we could swim back to the boat before he got us (if he went into attack mode)  After about an hour or so at Molokini we boarded the boat back up and went to Turtle Town.  There is a coastal reef with a bunch of sea caves that turtles like to hang out in.  We saw a few turtles swiming around gracefully in the water.  Teddy said I almost touched one when we were swimming back to the boat, but I didn't see it until I was past it.  When we got back to shore there was a TON of people waiting for the 9:30 boat.  I'm so glad we did the early morning cruise!

1.  Spending time with my new husband

This trip was just perfect in every way.  Teddy and I had the best time and can't say enough good things about Maui.  But with all the amazing things, most of all I'm glad that I got to do them with Teddy.  We enjoyed every minute together, and look forward to many more adventures in life.  I love this goofball, and he made this trip the best it could be.